Storm Station
Walker, California
64° 74°/55°
Overcast· Feels like 64°·Moderate breeze 16 mph SE
Patchy smoke before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
0UV Low
80Air quality
15%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:30 AM
64feels64
16mph
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
7455
19mph
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
6645
14%
UV 6
clear day
Tue
Sep 29
7349
UV 6
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
7954
UV 6
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
8458
UV 6
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
8760
UV 6
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 3
8560
13mph
UV 6
clear day
64°
74°55°
66°45°
73°49°
79°54°
84°58°
87°60°
85°60°

As of 12:30 AM in Walker, California.

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Walker, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Walker RAWSWALC1

A remote fire weather station/3.6 mi away/5,469 ft/63 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank601of 3,115

Bodie HillsS2215

At a soil climate station/25.5 mi away/7,825 ft/2,419 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

Hwy 50 at Echo SummitCD029

Beside a road/36.5 mi away/7,382 ft/1,976 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank2,563of 3,115

South Lake TahoeTVL

At an airfield/38.5 mi away/6,263 ft/857 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Walker 1.2 NECA-MN-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/5,640 ft/234 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BridgeportBPTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/22.1 mi away/6,463 ft/1,057 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at South Lake Tahoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 38.5 mi from Walker. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:53 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 South Lake Tahoe, 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 TVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTH LAKE TAHOESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESouth Lake Tahoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 35 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at South Lake Tahoe: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 35 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVLFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTH LAKE TAHOETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 6,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.5 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 35 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 POINTTITLESouth Lake Tahoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TVL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at South Lake Tahoe, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TVLFIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTH LAKE TAHOEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESouth Lake Tahoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TVLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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

Near Walker

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