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Fern Prairie, Washington

Community in Clark County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Fern Prairie

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Portland (OR), 15 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate14.3 mi
  • Ozone33Good33 ppb14.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2 ppb14.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm14.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fern Prairie

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Fern Prairie, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fern Prairie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station DW4130DW4130

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/259 ft/242 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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Washougal R AT WashougalWASW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/56 ft/445 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Cape HornTBELL

Beside a road/10.3 mi away/689 ft/188 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Pearson Airpark VancouverVUO

At an airfield/12.8 mi away/26 ft/475 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Washougal 3.7 NNWWA-CK-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/411 ft/90 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Skamania Fish HatcherySKNW1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/571 ft/70 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pearson Airpark Vancouver, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.8 mi from Fern Prairie, Washington. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 AM 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 Pearson Airpark Vancouver, 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 VUOFIG. A THE SKY OVER PEARSON AIRPARK VANCOUVERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPearson Airpark Vancouver, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VUOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 79 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 Pearson Airpark Vancouver: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 79 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 VUOFIG. B THE AIR AT PEARSON AIRPARK VANCOUVERTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.7 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEPearson Airpark Vancouver, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Pearson Airpark Vancouver, 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 VUOFIG. C THE WIND AT PEARSON AIRPARK VANCOUVERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPearson Airpark Vancouver, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

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

Near Fern Prairie

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

Near Fern Prairie

River and lake gauges