Citizen station FW1782FW1782
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/971 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Golf courses/Iowa/Mapple Hills
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Mapple Hills until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mapple Hills is 50° and overcast at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 44° by 2 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (44%). 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Mapple Hills, Iowa.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 22 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.98 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 8 miles Sat 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Mapple Hills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW1782FW1782
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/971 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
PlainfieldRPFI4
Beside a road/14.9 mi away/965 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
OelweinOLZ
At an airfield/15.9 mi away/1,076 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tripoli 0.5 SIA-BM-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,053 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
New HamptonNHPI4
At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/1,155 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at New Hampton (NHPI4), 17.4 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.