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Merlin, Oregon

Community in Josephine County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Merlin

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Grants Pass (OR), 7 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Merlin

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Merlin, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Merlin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Merlin RAWSMLFO3

A remote fire weather station/3.1 mi away/1,171 ft/264 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank10of 1,635

measured daily2 instruments

Grants Pass 7.6 NWOR-JS-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/1,005 ft/98 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Grants PassGPSO3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/938 ft/31 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,034of 1,635

Station report

The weather at Grants Pass, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.9 mi from Merlin, Oregon. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 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 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

41.0 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grants Pass: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.4 FTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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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