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Helix, Oregon

City in Umatilla County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Helix

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Pendleton (OR), 16 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 73, moderate, Fri 11 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Helix

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Helix, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Helix, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Helix 0.2 NEOR-UM-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,755 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Pendleton Branch Expl STNPNDO3

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/1,490 ft/265 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pendleton Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Helix, Oregon. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 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 Pendleton Municipal, 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 PDTFIG. A THE SKY OVER PENDLETON MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPendleton Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PDTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PDT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pendleton Municipal: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PDTFIG. B THE AIR AT PENDLETON MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.0 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEPendleton Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PDTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PDT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pendleton Municipal, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PDTFIG. C THE WIND AT PENDLETON MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPendleton Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PDTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PDT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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