Citizen station GW2622GW2622
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/941 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Golf courses/Iowa/Shady Oaks Golf Course
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Shady Oaks Golf Course until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 52° after 63° today.
Now. Shady Oaks Golf Course is 53° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 43 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 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 33°.
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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Shady Oaks Golf Course, Iowa.
Air quality
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 15 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.30 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 7 instruments nearest Shady Oaks Golf Course, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station GW2622GW2622
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/941 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
PleasantvilleRPEI4
Beside a road/10.2 mi away/893 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Des MoinesDSM
At an airfield/14.9 mi away/965 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Prairie CityNSSI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.2 mi away/728 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/15.3 mi away/903 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Indianola 4 WIDAI4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/961 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Carlisle 4.5 SSEIA-WR-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/850 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Indianola 4 W (IDAI4), 4.8 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.