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Buena Vista, Pennsylvania

Community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Buena Vista

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Mon Valley Area (PA), 4 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate4.7 mi
  • Ozone-36 ppb10.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buena Vista

None in the last 24 hours; 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Buena Vista, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 11 PM.

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On the radar over Buena Vista, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buena Vista, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Irwin 5.2 SSWPA-WT-65

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/926 ft/123 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Braddock Lock And DamBDDP1

At a dam/8.5 mi away/732 ft/71 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pittsburgh/Alleghen, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Buena Vista, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:19 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,900 ft, broken at 3,400 ft, overcast at 4,400 ft; the ceiling is 3,400 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Pittsburgh/Alleghen, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, the ceiling at 3,400 feet, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGCFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2 MI0510TITLEPittsburgh/Alleghen, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AGCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsburgh/Alleghen: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGCFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEPittsburgh/Alleghen, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AGCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsburgh/Alleghen, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AGCFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsburgh/Alleghen, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AGCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AGC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Braddock Lock And Dam (BDDP1), 8.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Buena Vista

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Buena Vista

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