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Ruth, Nevada

Community in White Pine County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Ruth

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Great Basin National Park (NV), 46 miles off.

32Good
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ruth

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Ruth, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ely Snow 12zTELN2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/6,527 ft/349 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Ely 0.6 ENENV-WP-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/6,484 ft/392 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Ely/Yelland Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.9 mi from Ruth, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ely/Yelland Fld, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELYFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELY/YELLAND FLDSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEly/Yelland Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ELYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 28.0 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ely/Yelland Fld: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.0, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELYFIG. B THE AIR AT ELY/YELLAND FLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.3 FTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 28.0 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 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 POINTTITLEEly/Yelland Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ely/Yelland Fld, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELYFIG. C THE WIND AT ELY/YELLAND FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEly/Yelland Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Ely/Yelland Fld, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Nevada

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

Near Ruth

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

Near Ruth

River and lake gauges