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Cave Junction, Oregon

City in Josephine County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Cave Junction

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Cave Junction (OR), 1 mile off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good0.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cave Junction

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cave Junction, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Cave Junction, OregonReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cave Junction, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cave Junction 0.3 WOR-JS-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,346 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Grants PassGPSO3

At a cooperative observer's station/24.2 mi away/938 ft/398 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,034of 1,635

Station report

The weather at Grants Pass, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.0 mi from Cave Junction, Oregon. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:35 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 Grants Pass, 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 3S8FIG. A THE SKY OVER GRANTS PASSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGrants Pass, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 3S8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3S8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 44 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grants Pass: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 44 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3S8FIG. B THE AIR AT GRANTS PASSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.8 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 21.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 44 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 POINTTITLEGrants Pass, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3S8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3S8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Grants Pass, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3S8FIG. C THE WIND AT GRANTS PASSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrants Pass, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3S8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3S8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Grants Pass, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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