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Curlew, Washington

Community in Ferry County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Curlew

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Colville (WA), 39 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)32Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, 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 Curlew

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Curlew, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Curlew, WashingtonReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Curlew, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Sentinel Butte SnotelSENW1

A snow pillow on a mountain/9.2 mi away/4,680 ft/2,877 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

LaurierTLAUR

Beside a road/18.8 mi away/1,650 ft/153 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank953of 1,451

measured daily2 instruments

Curlew 1.7 NEWA-FY-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/2,068 ft/265 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Tonasket 11NETKTW1

At a cooperative observer's station/30.6 mi away/3,437 ft/1,634 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Laurier, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 18.8 mi from Curlew, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:29 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Laurier, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TLAURFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAURIERSECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLELaurier, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS TLAURTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TLAUR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

43.5 F with a dew point of 39.3 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Laurier: temperature 43.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.3, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TLAURFIG. B THE AIR AT LAURIERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.3 FTEMPERATURE 43.5 FDEW POINT 39.3 FSPREAD 4.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLELaurier, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS TLAURTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TLAUR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Laurier, 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 TLAURFIG. C THE WIND AT LAURIERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELaurier, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS TLAURTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TLAUR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

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

Near Curlew

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