At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/4,068 ft/2,325 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/California/Providence Mountains State Recreation Area
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Providence Mountains State Recreation Area until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Providence Mountains State Recreation Area is 56° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 18 mph, gusting to 39 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 44° 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 64°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 51°. Rain is possible Tuesday (33%) and Wednesday (47%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:25 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 20 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 PM in Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, California.
Air quality
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Jean (NV), 59 miles off.
Yesterday measured 38, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 3 instruments nearest Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/4,068 ft/2,325 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
EssexS2185
At a soil climate station/28.5 mi away/2,644 ft/3,749 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily1 instrument
AmboyAMYC1
At a cooperative observer's station/29.4 mi away/653 ft/5,740 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.