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Ochoco West, Oregon

Community in Crook County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Ochoco West

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Prineville (OR), 8 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good7.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ochoco West

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. 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 Ochoco West, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ochoco West, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PrinevilleS39

At an airfield/8.0 mi away/3,235 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank325of 1,635

measured daily2 instruments

Prineville 5.6 NNWOR-CK-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/2,999 ft/215 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GrizzlyGRZO3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/3,655 ft/441 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Prineville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.0 mi from Ochoco West, Oregon. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:55 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 Prineville, 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 S39FIG. A THE SKY OVER PRINEVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPrineville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS S39TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S39-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Prineville: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S39FIG. B THE AIR AT PRINEVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.9 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLEPrineville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS S39TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S39-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Prineville, 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 S39FIG. C THE WIND AT PRINEVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPrineville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS S39TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S39-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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