In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.6 mi away/1,466 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 69° today.
Now. Giefer Swim Beach is 55° and mostly clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph, gusting to 27 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:02 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Giefer Swim Beach, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 28 miles off.
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Giefer Swim Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.6 mi away/1,466 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cowskin C At 119Th St At Wichita07144480
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.0 mi away/1,313 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WichitaICT
At an airfield/22.3 mi away/1,339 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-135 @ 17th St.K5WSU
Beside a road/28.2 mi away/1,322 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Cheney 8.3 NNWKS-RN-92
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,472 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cheney 5NCHVK1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/1,381 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.