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Wasco, Oregon

City in Sherman County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Wasco

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, The Dalles (OR), 24 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good24.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Wasco

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Wasco, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wasco, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

MoroMORO3

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/1,844 ft/554 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Arlington 0.4 WOR-GL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.5 mi away/336 ft/954 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at US97 NB at Wasco MP7.5, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.6 mi from Wasco, Oregon. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:19 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

40.6 F with a dew point of 34.3 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at US97 NB at Wasco MP7.5: temperature 40.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.3, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ODT41FIG. B THE AIR AT US97 NB AT WASCO MP7.5THE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.9 FTEMPERATURE 40.6 FDEW POINT 34.3 FSPREAD 6.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEUS97 NB at Wasco MP7.5, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS ODT41TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ODT41-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (116 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 6 mph.

Plan of the wind at US97 NB at Wasco MP7.5, north up: blowing from 116 degrees, the east southeast, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 5; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ODT41FIG. C THE WIND AT US97 NB AT WASCO MP7.5PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 116°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEUS97 NB at Wasco MP7.5, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS ODT41TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ODT41-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,106 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.74 inHg and the temperature at 55.1 F; it reports 40.6 F, 14.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where US97 NB at Wasco MP7.5 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,106 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.74 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ODT41FIG. D WHERE US97 NB AT WASCO MP7.5 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREUS97 NB AT WASCO MP7.54 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,106 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.74 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED40.6 FTITLEUS97 NB at Wasco MP7.5, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS ODT41TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ODT41-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of US97 NB at Wasco MP7.5, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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