In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/731 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Golf courses/Iowa/Amana Colonies Golf Course
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Amana Colonies Golf Course until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 64° today.
Now. Amana Colonies Golf Course is 52° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 4 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 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (36%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Amana Colonies Golf Course, Iowa.
Air quality
Index 7, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 21 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.27 in in the last 24 hours, 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Amana Colonies Golf Course, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/731 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Williamsburg (I-80)RWBI4
Beside a road/10.1 mi away/853 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Cedar RapidsCID
At an airfield/10.6 mi away/869 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Iowa River AT Coralville DamCRVI4
At a dam/20.5 mi away/682 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Amana 4.7 WIA-IA-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/766 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SwisherSWHI4
At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/797 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.