Beside a road/2.4 mi away/120 ft/24 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Parks/California/McConnell State Recreation Area
Now. McConnell State Recreation Area is 67° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 52° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 64): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 90°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:38 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in McConnell State Recreation Area, California.
Air quality
Index 64, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Merced (CA), 15 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 7 instruments nearest McConnell State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Beside a road/2.4 mi away/120 ft/24 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/8.1 mi away/187 ft/91 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Amsterdam Road - Merced RiverMAJC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/182 ft/86 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW1235GW1235
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/156 ft/60 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Merced 23 WSW93243
At a climate reference station/16.0 mi away/78 ft/18 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Livingston 0.2 NNWCA-ME-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/131 ft/35 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Turlock No2TURC1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/91 ft/5 ft below 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.