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Medical Lake, Washington

City in Spokane County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Medical Lake

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Spokane (WA), 13 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)46Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Medical Lake

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Medical Lake, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 11 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Medical Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cheney 3.5 WWA-SP-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/2,406 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Spokane WaOTX

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/2,379 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank157of 1,444

Station report

The weather at Fairchild AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Medical Lake, Washington. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:57 PM 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SKA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.2 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 37 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fairchild AFB: temperature 64.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 37 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,100 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.8 FTEMPERATURE 64.2 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 26.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 37 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SKA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fairchild AFB, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 15 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFairchild AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SKATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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

Measured at Spokane Wa (OTX), 7.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

Elsewhere in Washington

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

Near Medical Lake

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

Near Medical Lake

River and lake gauges