Storm Station
Big River, California
84° 101°/78°
Overcast· Feels like 81°·Light air 3 mph ENE
Mostly cloudy. Low around 76, with temperatures rising to around 78 overnight. East northeast wind around 3 mph.
0UV Low
37Air quality
23%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:45 AM
84feels81
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
10178
16mph
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
9375
49%
16mph
UV 7
showers
Tue
Sep 29
9072
36%
28mph
UV 7
drizzle
Wed
Sep 30
9874
UV 7
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 1
9978
UV 7
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
9983
16mph
UV 7
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
10083
UV 7
clear day
84°
101°78°
93°75°
90°72°
98°74°
99°78°
99°83°
100°83°

As of 12:45 AM in Big River, California.

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Big River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 16.0 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Rice Valley RAWSRVYC1

A remote fire weather station/21.1 mi away/863 ft/441 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank292of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Parker ReservoirPRKC1

At a reservoir/16.0 mi away/732 ft/310 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Blythe 0.4 NCA-RV-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.7 mi away/278 ft/144 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rice Valley RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 21.1 mi from Big River. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:50 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

84.0 F with a dew point of 42.2 F, 23 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rice Valley RAWS: temperature 84.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.2, 23 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RVYC1FIG. B THE AIR AT RICE VALLEY RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 9,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.5 FTEMPERATURE 84.0 FDEW POINT 42.2 FSPREAD 41.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 23 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 POINTTITLERice Valley RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP RVYC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RVYC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (117 degrees) at 6 mph, gusting 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rice Valley RAWS, north up: blowing from 117 degrees, the east southeast, at 6 miles an hour, gusting 7; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RVYC1FIG. C THE WIND AT RICE VALLEY RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 117°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERice Valley RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP RVYC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RVYC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 863 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.00 inHg and the temperature at 55.9 F; it reports 84.0 F, 28.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Rice Valley RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 863 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.00 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RVYC1FIG. D WHERE RICE VALLEY RAWS 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 ATMOSPHERERICE VALLEY RAWS3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT863 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 HERE29.00 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED84.0 FTITLERice Valley RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP RVYC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RVYC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Rice Valley RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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