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Lamont, Washington

Town in Whitman County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Lamont

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Ritzville (WA), 23 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lamont

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lamont, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Lind #1S2021

At a soil climate station/34.1 mi away/1,640 ft/319 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank883of 1,451

measured daily2 instruments

St. John 5.0 SWWA-WM-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.7 mi away/1,864 ft/95 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Ritzville 1 SSERZVW1

At a cooperative observer's station/23.0 mi away/1,854 ft/105 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fairchild AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.9 mi from Lamont, Washington. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fairchild AFB, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SKAFIG. A THE SKY OVER FAIRCHILD AFBSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFairchild AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SKATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SKA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 38.5 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fairchild AFB: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.5, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SKAFIG. B THE AIR AT FAIRCHILD AFBTHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.7 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 38.5 FSPREAD 7.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEFairchild AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SKATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SKA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fairchild AFB, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 12 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 SKAFIG. C THE WIND AT FAIRCHILD AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFairchild AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SKATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SKA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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