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Gerlach, Nevada

Community in Washoe County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Gerlach

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Fernley (NV), 73 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gerlach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Gerlach, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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On the radar over Gerlach, NevadaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 1 instruments nearest Gerlach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.2 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Station report

The weather at Black Rock Playa RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.2 mi from Gerlach, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:37 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 17.1 F, 20 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Black Rock Playa RAWS: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 17.1, 20 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRPN2FIG. B THE AIR AT BLACK ROCK PLAYA RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,0000 F20 F40 F60 FSATURATES 9,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 9.2 FTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 17.1 FSPREAD 40.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 20 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBlack Rock Playa RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BRPN2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BRPN2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (117 degrees) at 11 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Black Rock Playa RAWS, north up: blowing from 117 degrees, the east southeast, at 11 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRPN2FIG. C THE WIND AT BLACK ROCK PLAYA RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 117°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlack Rock Playa RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BRPN2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BRPN2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,911 ft above sea level, 13 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.93 inHg and the temperature at 45.1 F; it reports 58.0 F, 12.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Black Rock Playa RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,911 feet above sea level with 13 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.93 inches of mercury, and temperature, 45.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRPN2FIG. D WHERE BLACK ROCK PLAYA RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBLACK ROCK PLAYA RAWS13 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,911 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE25.93 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE45.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.0 FTITLEBlack Rock Playa RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BRPN2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BRPN2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Black Rock Playa RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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