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Panaca, Nevada

Community in Lincoln County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Panaca

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hurricane (UT), 73 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Panaca

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Panaca, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Panaca, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cathedral Gorge State ParkCAGN2

In a park or preserve/1.5 mi away/4,774 ft/23 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Pioche 2.0 NNENV-LC-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.6 mi away/5,606 ft/855 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at US93 Caliente, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.2 mi from Panaca, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:19 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

51.5 F with a dew point of 36.3 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at US93 Caliente: temperature 51.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.3, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLTNVFIG. B THE AIR AT US93 CALIENTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.0 FTEMPERATURE 51.5 FDEW POINT 36.3 FSPREAD 15.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 POINTTITLEUS93 Caliente, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS CLTNVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLTNV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (52 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 11 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at US93 Caliente, north up: blowing from 52 degrees, the northeast, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 11; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLTNVFIG. C THE WIND AT US93 CALIENTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 52°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEUS93 Caliente, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS CLTNVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLTNV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,485 ft above sea level, 15 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.38 inHg and the temperature at 43.0 F; it reports 51.5 F, 8.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where US93 Caliente stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,485 feet above sea level with 15 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.38 inches of mercury, and temperature, 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLTNVFIG. D WHERE US93 CALIENTE 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 ATMOSPHEREUS93 CALIENTE15 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,485 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 HERE25.38 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE43.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED51.5 FTITLEUS93 Caliente, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS CLTNVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLTNV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of US93 Caliente, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Cathedral Gorge State Park (CAGN2), 1.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nevada

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Panaca

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Panaca

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