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Black Butte Ranch, Oregon

Community in Deschutes County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Black Butte Ranch

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Sisters (OR), 7 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good6.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Sat 9 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Black Butte Ranch

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Black Butte Ranch, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Black Butte Ranch, OregonReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Black Butte Ranch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Colgate RAWSCGFO3

A remote fire weather station/4.0 mi away/3,278 ft/81 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank506of 1,635

measured daily2 instruments

Sisters 1.4 WNWOR-DS-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/3,230 ft/129 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Belknap Springs 8NBELO3

At a cooperative observer's station/19.7 mi away/2,156 ft/1,203 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Redmond (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.0 mi from Black Butte Ranch, Oregon. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:56 AM 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 Redmond (AWOS), 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 RDMFIG. A THE SKY OVER REDMOND (AWOS)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERedmond (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RDMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

27.0 F with a dew point of 25.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Redmond (AWOS): temperature 27.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.0, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDMFIG. B THE AIR AT REDMOND (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 27.0 F, 25.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLERedmond (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Redmond (AWOS), north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDMFIG. C THE WIND AT REDMOND (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERedmond (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Redmond (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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