At a river or reservoir gauge/6.5 mi away/223 ft/94 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/California/Turlock Lake State Recreation Area
Now. Turlock Lake State Recreation Area is 72° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 74° by 7 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 51): 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 69°. Rain is possible Tuesday (30%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:37 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 7:00 PM in Turlock Lake State Recreation Area, California.
Air quality
Index 51, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Modesto (CA), 22 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 64, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 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 7 instruments nearest Turlock Lake State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.5 mi away/223 ft/94 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/17.1 mi away/124 ft/5 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW4205GW4205
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.3 mi away/159 ft/30 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/17.4 mi away/187 ft/58 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Merced 23 WSW93243
At a climate reference station/32.1 mi away/78 ft/51 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Tracy CarbonaTRAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/784 ft/655 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Oakdale 4.2 ENECA-SS-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.7 mi away/232 ft/103 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.