Ponderosa, Colorado

Golf course in Archuleta County, Colorado

38° 63°/28°

Clear· Feels like 38°·Light air 3 mph N

Now. Ponderosa is 38° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 21°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 63°, and the coolest Thursday, near 54°. Rain or snow is likely Tuesday (79%), Wednesday (73%) and Thursday (89%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:36 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

1UV Low

17Air quality

45%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

9:00 AM

38feels38

Today

Oct 16

6328

UV 6

Sat

Oct 17

6331

UV 6

Sun

Oct 18

5734

15%

Mon

Oct 19

5838

22%

Tue

Oct 20

5539

79%

Wed

Oct 21

5839

73%

Thu

Oct 22

5441

89%

38°

63°28°

63°31°

57°34°

58°38°

55°39°

58°39°

54°41°

As of 9:00 AM in Ponderosa, Colorado.

Air quality

The air at Ponderosa

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Southern Ute Indian Reservation (CO), 59 miles off.

17Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
Ozone17Good15 ppb11.1 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.3 ppb11.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.

GoodModerate

33YesterdayOct 15
46TodayOct 16

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ponderosa

None in the last 24 hours; 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 1.15in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Ponderosa, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

Golf course

Area: 0.18 sq mi
County: Archuleta County
State: Colorado
Latitude: 37.2697° N
Longitude: 107.0667° W

Course map

Ponderosa and the streets round it, north up. The sheet is 5,446 ft across; the bar is 1,000 ft.4,357 ft across; the bar is 1,000 ft. Inside its outline the map files 9 fairways, 11 greens, 25 tees and 15 bunkers. Fairways are ruled, greens ruled in blue, bunkers stippled and water in level lines; the course is outlined in blue. Sources

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ponderosa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Pagosa SpringsPSO

At an airfield/1.3 mi away/7,664 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Pagosa Springs (23)CO054

Beside a road/2.1 mi away/7,199 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Pagosa Springs - San Juan RiverPSXC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.1 mi away/7,069 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station K9NRGK9NRG

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/7,449 ft/- ft from here