Citizen station FW7399FW7399
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.4 mi away/1,449 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Martha Yarns Memorial Beach until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Martha Yarns Memorial Beach is 45° and mostly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is possible tomorrow (34%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Martha Yarns Memorial Beach, Iowa.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 71 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.78 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Martha Yarns Memorial Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW7399FW7399
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.4 mi away/1,449 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Estherville - Hwy 9RETI4
Beside a road/14.4 mi away/1,277 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
EsthervilleEST
At an airfield/16.6 mi away/1,316 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Spirit LakeSPRI4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/1,460 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Spirit Lake 0.8 EIA-DK-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/1,448 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Spirit Lake (SPRI4), 5.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.