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Soap Lake, Washington

City in Grant County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Soap Lake

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Quincy (WA), 20 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Soap Lake

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Soap Lake, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Soap Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SR17 Interchange Soap LakeTSOAP

Beside a road/0.4 mi away/1,122 ft/11 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Moses Lake 5.6 NWWA-GR-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.3 mi away/1,126 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Quincy 1 SQUIW1

At a cooperative observer's station/20.6 mi away/1,257 ft/146 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Ephrata Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Soap Lake, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM 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 Ephrata 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 EPHFIG. A THE SKY OVER EPHRATA 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 MORE0510TITLEEphrata Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EPHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EPH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ephrata Municipal: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EPHFIG. B THE AIR AT EPHRATA 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.0 FTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 19.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEEphrata Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EPHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EPH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ephrata Municipal, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EPHFIG. C THE WIND AT EPHRATA MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEphrata Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EPHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EPH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Quincy 1 S (QUIW1), 20.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Washington

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

Near Soap Lake

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

Near Soap Lake

River and lake gauges