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CALIFORNIA · TULARE COUNTY

Camp Nelson

106 people, 4,880 ft above sea level in Tulare County.

4,880 ftElevation, city center
106People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 64°
Sunny now Dew point 50° · WNW 6 mph · high 56°
City of Camp Nelson River Interstate 2 miles
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The Camp Nelson plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Camp Nelson

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM PST
RIGHT NOW Visalia Municipal Airport (KVIS) · 2:56 PM
Sunny
64° Sunny Feels like 64° · high of 56° near 3 PM
WindWNW 6 mphno gusts
Humidity60%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.00 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 50° · Dry36° by Sunday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Monday, about 5 PMin about 49 hours · 79% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT0.1–0.6 inmost likely 0.3; 1 in 10 over 0.8
LAST RAINNov. 10.48 in · 13 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Winter Weather AdvisoryWinter Weather Advisory issued November 14 at 8:50AM PST until November 17 at 4:00AM PST by NWS Hanford CA
NWS Hanford and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:30 AM4:47 PM ↓
10 h 17 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
33
GOODAir quality index · ozone
Tomorrow: 41, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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79% · 0.18 in Monday evening 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 36 to 49° ↑ Humid air returns Drier: 43° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 66° / 42°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 41°
0% rain — S 0 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
63° 41°
0% rain — S 1 A
MON Nov. 16 Showers likely; cooler Showers likely; cooler
55° 38°
80% rain 0.1–0.6″ WSW 2 B
TUE Nov. 17 Chance of showers Chance of showers
51° 36°
40% rain — W 2 B
WED Nov. 18 Showers likely Showers likely
54° 39°
90% rain 0.3–1.9″ SSE 1 B
THU Nov. 19 Showers likely Showers likely
51° 35°
90% rain 0.9–2.4″ SSW 3 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
52° 34°
30% rain up to 0.08″ W 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Camp Nelson about 5,000 feet above the ground was over Baja California three days ago, and over southern California a day ago, about 590 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It came down from about 11,700 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Sonoran Desert; at 10,000 feet, from the Great Basin. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Camp Nelson stands on

Camp Nelson’s center stands about 4,880 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,010 ft to 8,570 ft, a difference of 4,560 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Coyote Peaks, about 10,840 ft, 15 miles northeast.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Pre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided (schist, gneiss), from the Paleoproterozoic to Cretaceous, 66 to 2,500 million years old.

The section below crosses 2 rock units mapped at the surface.

Camp Nelson, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
2,500 ft5,000 ft7,500 ft CAMP NELSON4,880 ftSouth Fork Tule Riverabout 1,730 ftLittle Kern Riverabout 6,030 ft ← SWNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 3×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges)

Granodiorite. Age: Permian to Tertiary, 2.6 to 260 million years old. About 21 mi of the line.

Pre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided

Schist, gneiss. Age: Paleoproterozoic to Cretaceous, 66 to 2,500 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Camp Nelson’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Camp Nelson reaches the Tulare Lake basin by way of Nelson Creek, the South Fork Middle Fork Tule, the Middle Fork Tule and the Tule: about 80 river miles. The Tulare Lake basin has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Camp Nelson≈ 80 mi · the Tulare Lake basin
FROM THE CENTER OF CAMP NELSON ≈ 80 mi to the Tulare Lake basin Nelson Creek → South Fork Middle Fork Tule → Middle Fork Tule → Tule

Lake on the way: Lake Success.

55 miles of the trip are on the Tule.

Often dry. About 50% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Camp Nelson; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Camp Nelson on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Porterville CA · 24 MI 24 miles west Fresno CA · 79 MI 79 miles northwest Los Angeles CA · 147 MI 147 miles south Las Vegas NV · 187 MI 187 miles east San Jose CA · 195 MI 195 miles northwest
FORECASTCITY
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CALIFORNIA · TULARE

Camp Nelson

106 people, 4,880 ft above sea level in Tulare County.

4,880 ftElevation
106People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 64°
SunnyDew point 50°
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Today in Camp Nelson

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy day 56° 0%
6p partly cloudy night 48° 0%
9p partly cloudy night 45° 0%
12a partly cloudy night 44° 0%
3a partly cloudy night 45° 0%
6a mostly cloudy night 43° 0%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINMonday about 5 PM · 79%
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Sat0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Sun0%
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Mon80%
Showers likely; cooler Showers likely; cooler
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Tue40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Wed90%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Thu90%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Fri30%
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Camp Nelson stands on

Camp Nelson’s center stands about 4,880 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,010 ft to 8,570 ft, a difference of 4,560 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Coyote Peaks, about 10,840 ft, 15 miles northeast.

Camp Nelson, southwest to northeast Camp Nelson4,880 ftSouth Fork Tule Riverabout 1,730 ftWhite Mountain8,710 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 5×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center4,880 ft
Within 3 miles4,010 to 8,570 ft
Lie of the landMountainous (4,560 ft of relief)
High point nearbyCoyote Peaks, 10,840 ft, 15 mi northeast
Rock at the surfacePre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided
Its agePaleoproterozoic to Cretaceous, 66 to 2,500 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 80 mito the Tulare Lake basinNelson Creek → South Fork Middle Fork Tule → Middle Fork Tule → Tule

A raindrop that lands in Camp Nelson reaches the Tulare Lake basin by way of Nelson Creek, the South Fork Middle Fork Tule, the Middle Fork Tule and the Tule: about 80 river miles. The Tulare Lake basin has no outlet to the sea: the water leaves only by evaporating or soaking into the ground.

Lake on the way: Lake Success.

55 miles of the trip are on the Tule.

Often dry. About 50% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.