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Gilchrist, Oregon

Community in Klamath County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Gilchrist

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, La Pine (OR), 16 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gilchrist

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Gilchrist, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gilchrist, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SunriverS21

At an airfield/29.8 mi away/4,157 ft/337 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank222of 1,635

measured daily2 instruments

Gilchrist 0.2 SOR-KL-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/4,531 ft/37 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CrescentXCRO3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/4,482 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank170of 1,635

Station report

The weather at Sunriver, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.8 mi from Gilchrist, Oregon. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 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 Sunriver, 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 S21FIG. A THE SKY OVER SUNRIVERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESunriver, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS S21TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S21-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

30.2 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sunriver: temperature 30.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S21FIG. B THE AIR AT SUNRIVERTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.8 FTEMPERATURE 30.2 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLESunriver, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS S21TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S21-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sunriver, 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 S21FIG. C THE WIND AT SUNRIVERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESunriver, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS S21TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S21-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Gilchrist

River and lake gauges