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Pistol River, Oregon

Community in Curry County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Pistol River

Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Crescent City (CA), 38 miles off.

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  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pistol River

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Pistol River, the next 41 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.6 miles Fri 12 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pistol River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Gold Beach 3.5 SOR-CY-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/577 ft/492 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Gold Beach Ranger StationGLBO3

At a fire lookout or ranger station/8.7 mi away/36 ft/49 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Gold Beach, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Pistol River, Oregon. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Gold Beach, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4S1FIG. A THE SKY OVER GOLD BEACHSECTION, 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: 4 MI0510TITLEGold Beach, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4S1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4S1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gold Beach: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4S1FIG. B THE AIR AT GOLD BEACHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.6 FTEMPERATURE 60.8 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLEGold Beach, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4S1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4S1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Gold Beach, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4S1FIG. C THE WIND AT GOLD BEACHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGold Beach, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4S1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4S1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Gold Beach, in 6 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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Near Pistol River

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