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Fossil, Oregon

City in Wheeler County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Fossil

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Madras (OR), 52 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fossil

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Fossil, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fossil, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

FossilFSLO3

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/2,690 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Fossil 0.1 WOR-WH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/2,656 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at OR218 NB at Prindle Hill MP37.50 OR US ODOT, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.1 mi from Fossil, Oregon. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:29 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

67.8 F with a dew point of 9.3 F, 10 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 13,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at OR218 NB at Prindle Hill MP37.50 OR US ODOT: temperature 67.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 9.3, 10 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 13,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OD124FIG. B THE AIR AT OR218 NB AT PRINDLE HILL MP37.50 OR US ODOTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,000-10 F10 F30 F50 F70 FSATURATES 13,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT -1.5 FTEMPERATURE 67.8 FDEW POINT 9.3 FSPREAD 58.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 10 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 POINTTITLEOR218 NB at Prindle Hill MP37.50 OR US ODOT, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS OD124TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OD124-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at OR218 NB at Prindle Hill MP37.50 OR US ODOT, 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 OD124FIG. C THE WIND AT OR218 NB AT PRINDLE HILL MP37.50 OR US ODOTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOR218 NB at Prindle Hill MP37.50 OR US ODOT, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS OD124TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OD124-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,724 ft above sea level, 13 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.11 inHg and the temperature at 45.7 F; it reports 67.8 F, 22.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where OR218 NB at Prindle Hill MP37.50 OR US ODOT stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,724 feet above sea level with 13 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.11 inches of mercury, and temperature, 45.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OD124FIG. D WHERE OR218 NB AT PRINDLE HILL MP37.50 OR US ODOT 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 ATMOSPHEREOR218 NB AT PRINDLE HILL MP37.50 OR US ODOT13 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,724 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 HERE26.11 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE45.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED67.8 FTITLEOR218 NB at Prindle Hill MP37.50 OR US ODOT, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS OD124TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OD124-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of OR218 NB at Prindle Hill MP37.50 OR US ODOT, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Oregon

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