Storm Station
Bear Valley, California
66° 77°/60°
Clear· Feels like 66°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SSE
Partly cloudy. Low around 61, with temperatures rising to around 63 overnight. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
0UV Low
156Air quality
23%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:45 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
7760
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7655
UV 6
clear day
Tue
Sep 29
8356
UV 6
clear day
Wed
Sep 30
9061
UV 6
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
9365
UV 6
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
9568
UV 6
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 3
9669
UV 6
clear day
66°
77°60°
76°55°
83°56°
90°61°
93°65°
95°68°
96°69°

As of 12:45 AM in Bear Valley, California.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bear Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Dogtown - NF Merced RiverNMXC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.0 mi away/1,355 ft/776 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank765of 3,115

Yosemite Village 12 W53150

At a climate reference station/20.9 mi away/6,620 ft/4,489 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

Merced/Castle AFMER

At an airfield/27.4 mi away/187 ft/1,944 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Exchequer DamEXQC1

At a dam/7.5 mi away/827 ft/1,304 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Mariposa 3.7 NNWCA-MP-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/2,942 ft/811 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dogtown - NF Merced River, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.0 mi from Bear Valley. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

55.3 F with a dew point of 41.2 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dogtown - NF Merced River: temperature 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.2, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NMXC1FIG. B THE AIR AT DOGTOWN - NF MERCED RIVERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.1 FTEMPERATURE 55.3 FDEW POINT 41.2 FSPREAD 14.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEDogtown - NF Merced River, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP NMXC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NMXC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (55 degrees) at 1 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Dogtown - NF Merced River, north up: blowing from 55 degrees, the northeast, at 1 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 NMXC1FIG. C THE WIND AT DOGTOWN - NF MERCED RIVERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 55°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDogtown - NF Merced River, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP NMXC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NMXC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,355 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.48 inHg and the temperature at 54.2 F; it reports 55.3 F, 1.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dogtown - NF Merced River stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,355 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.48 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NMXC1FIG. D WHERE DOGTOWN - NF MERCED RIVER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREDOGTOWN - NF MERCED RIVER5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,355 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.48 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED55.3 FTITLEDogtown - NF Merced River, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP NMXC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NMXC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Dogtown - NF Merced River, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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