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Riverbend, Washington

Community in King County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Riverbend

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Cascades of East King County (WA), 24 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Riverbend

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Riverbend, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

North Bend 1.5 SEWA-KG-138

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/480 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cedar LakeCEDW1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/1,568 ft/1,061 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Renton Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.8 mi from Riverbend, Washington. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 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 Renton Municipal, 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 RNTFIG. A THE SKY OVER RENTON MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERenton Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RNTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Renton Municipal: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNTFIG. B THE AIR AT RENTON MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.0 F, 47.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLERenton Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Renton Municipal, 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 RNTFIG. C THE WIND AT RENTON MUNICIPALPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLERenton Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Renton Municipal, 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 Riverbend

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

Near Riverbend

River and lake gauges