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Metaline, Washington

Town in Pend Oreille County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Metaline

Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Colville (WA), 32 miles off.

64Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)29Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Metaline

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Metaline, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Metaline, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Colville63S

At an airfield/31.0 mi away/1,866 ft/169 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank189of 1,451

measured daily2 instruments

Ione 0.2 ENEWA-PO-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/2,085 ft/50 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Colville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 31.0 mi from Metaline, Washington. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Colville, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 63SFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLVILLESECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEColville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 63STYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-63S-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Colville: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 63SFIG. B THE AIR AT COLVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 32.0 F, 30.2 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 POINTTITLEColville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 63STYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-63S-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Colville, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 63SFIG. C THE WIND AT COLVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 63STYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-63S-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Metaline

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