US 40 West of Mechanics Valley R MD US MDDOTMD114
Beside a road/5.3 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 63% around 8 PM.
Now. Roachs Shore is 58° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 58°, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%) and Saturday (72%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Roachs Shore, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northeast Maryland (MD), 1 mile off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 10 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing WSW 245°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The 6 instruments nearest Roachs Shore, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
US 40 West of Mechanics Valley R MD US MDDOTMD114
Beside a road/5.3 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station CW1620CW1620
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/313 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Chesapeake CityNDBC-CHCM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/11.9 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
North East 2.5 SMD-CC-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/54 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ConowingoCNWM2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/23 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.