At an airfield/2.9 mi away/141 ft/122 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Parks/California/Fort Ord Dunes State Park
Now. Fort Ord Dunes State Park is 62° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 57° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 82°, and the coolest Monday, near 62°. Rain is possible Tuesday (49%) and Wednesday (31%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:45 PM. 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 18 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Fort Ord Dunes State Park, California.
Air quality
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Salinas (CA), 10 miles off.
Highest 52, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Fort Ord Dunes State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/2.9 mi away/141 ft/122 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Carmel Valley 3W - Santa Lucia ConservancySXLC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.4 mi away/1,883 ft/1,864 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW4261FW4261
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.4 mi away/224 ft/205 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
SR-152 - SR-156CF110
Beside a road/31.3 mi away/252 ft/233 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Marina 0.6 NNWCA-MT-59
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/65 ft/46 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MontereyMOTC1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/353 ft/334 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.