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CALIFORNIA · TULARE COUNTY

Pierpoint

59 people, 4,620 ft above sea level in Tulare County.

4,620 ftElevation, city center
59People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 62°
Sunny now Dew point 52° · WNW 6 mph · high 59°
City of Pierpoint River Interstate 2 miles
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The Pierpoint 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 Pierpoint

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 1:00 PM PST
RIGHT NOW Visalia Municipal Airport (KVIS) · 12:56 PM
Sunny
62° Sunny Feels like 62° · high of 59° near 3 PM
WindWNW 6 mphno gusts
Humidity70%falling to 69% this afternoon
Pressure30.00 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 52° · Dry36° by Sunday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Monday, about 5 PMin about 51 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 1:45 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
32
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
59° 41°
0% rain — SW 1 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 Pierpoint about 5,000 feet above the ground was over southern California three days ago, about 370 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. Near the ground the air came from southern California; 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 Pierpoint stands on

Pierpoint’s center stands about 4,620 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 3,700 ft to 7,890 ft, a difference of 4,190 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Angora Mountain, about 10,160 ft, 13 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.

Pierpoint, 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 PIERPOINT4,620 ftSouth Fork Tule Riverabout 1,420 ftSolo Peak7,320 ftHigh point of the line8,360 ftWhite Mountain8,710 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 19 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 5 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 Pierpoint’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Pierpoint reaches the Tulare Lake basin by way of the South Fork Middle Fork Tule, the Middle Fork Tule and the Tule: about 75 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
Pierpoint≈ 75 mi · the Tulare Lake basin
FROM THE CENTER OF PIERPOINT ≈ 75 mi to the Tulare Lake basin 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 Pierpoint; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Pierpoint on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Porterville CA · 23 MI 23 miles west Tulare CA · 40 MI 40 miles west Fresno CA · 78 MI 78 miles northwest Los Angeles CA · 147 MI 147 miles south Las Vegas NV · 188 MI 188 miles east San Jose CA · 194 MI 194 miles northwest
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CALIFORNIA · TULARE

Pierpoint

59 people, 4,620 ft above sea level in Tulare County.

4,620 ftElevation
59People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 62°
SunnyDew point 52°
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Today in Pierpoint

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy day 58° 0%
4p partly cloudy day 56° 0%
7p partly cloudy night 46° 0%
10p partly cloudy night 45° 0%
1a partly cloudy night 44° 0%
4a partly cloudy night 44° 0%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINMonday about 5 PM · 79%
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Sat0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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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%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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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 Pierpoint stands on

Pierpoint’s center stands about 4,620 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 3,700 ft to 7,890 ft, a difference of 4,190 ft: mountain country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Angora Mountain, about 10,160 ft, 13 miles northeast.

Pierpoint, southwest to northeast Pierpoint4,620 ftSouth Fork Tule Riverabout 1,420 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 5×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center4,620 ft
Within 3 miles3,700 to 7,890 ft
Lie of the landMountainous (4,190 ft of relief)
High point nearbyAngora Mountain, 10,160 ft, 13 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

≈ 75 mito the Tulare Lake basinSouth Fork Middle Fork Tule → Middle Fork Tule → Tule

A raindrop that lands in Pierpoint reaches the Tulare Lake basin by way of the South Fork Middle Fork Tule, the Middle Fork Tule and the Tule: about 75 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.