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temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Parks/California/Burton Creek State Park
Burton Creek State Park, California
State Park in Placer County, California* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph and waves 2 to 3 feet for Lake Tahoe. * WHERE...Greater Lake Tahoe Area. * WHEN...From 7 PM Thursday to 2 AM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Check lake conditions before heading out and be prepared for a sudden increase in winds and wave heights. Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
50°
65°/38°
Clear·
Feels like 47°·Light breeze 8 mph NE
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Burton Creek State Park until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Burton Creek State Park is 50° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 47°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 67°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 46°. Rain is likely Tuesday (55%). Rain is possible Wednesday (44%). The first freeze could come Tuesday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
42%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
50feels47
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6538
17mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6636
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6739
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6437
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5837
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
4831
55%
Wed
Oct 21
4630
44%
50°
65°38°
66°36°
67°39°
64°37°
58°37°
48°31°
46°30°
As of 9:00 PM in Burton Creek State Park, California.
Air quality
The air at Burton Creek State Park
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Tahoe City area (CA), 3 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good3.2 mi
- Ozone35Good41 ppb3.2 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Burton Creek State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Burton Creek State Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 2.99 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 6,795 ft
- County
- Placer County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 39.2058° N
- Longitude
- 120.1326° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Burton Creek State Park, 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
A snow pillow on a mountain/2.6 mi away/6,797 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/7.9 mi away/5,899 ft/896 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW8247FW8247
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.2 mi away/5,914 ft/881 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tahoe City 0.6 NNECA-PC-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/6,370 ft/425 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tahoe CityTAHC1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/6,234 ft/561 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Tahoe City (TAHC1), 2.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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