Citizen station KI0IO-2KI0IO-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/5,116 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Carter Lake Swim Beach, Colorado
Beach in Larimer County, Colorado* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures falling to 26 to 32 degrees, coldest over the plains. * WHERE...Front Range Urban Corridor and all of the eastern plains. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
44°
58°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Light breeze 5 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Carter Lake Swim Beach until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Carter Lake Swim Beach is 44° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 30° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:22 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
68%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
44feels41
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5837
76%
18mph
Fri
Oct 16
5829
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7335
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
7241
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6942
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7242
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7545
partly cloudy day
44°
58°37°
58°29°
73°35°
72°41°
69°42°
72°42°
75°45°
As of 8:00 PM in Carter Lake Swim Beach, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Carter Lake Swim Beach
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 14 miles off.
35Good
- Ozone35Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Carter Lake Swim Beach
0.18 in in the last 24 hours, 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.18in
- Last 3 days
- 0.54in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 33%
Visibility
How far you can see at Carter Lake Swim Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Larimer County
- State
- Colorado
- Latitude
- 40.3408° N
- Longitude
- 105.2054° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Carter Lake Swim Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Big Thompson WNW the Canyon MouthBIMC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.7 mi away/5,374 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
025S25325RWS1RHS - 1.0 mile S of CO US CDOTCO223
Beside a road/11.8 mi away/5,039 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/12.4 mi away/5,056 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Boulder 14 W94075
At a climate reference station/27.8 mi away/9,828 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Loveland 6.9 SWCO-LR-1119
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/5,325 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FlatironFLTC2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/5,499 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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