Citizen station KC0VVHKC0VVH
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/4,767 ft/1,475 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Colorado National Monument is 44° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 42° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest Friday, near 54°. Rain is likely Thursday (88%) and Friday (95%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 44% lit, and sets at 11:36 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Colorado National Monument, Colorado.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Grand Junction (CO), 7 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 35, good.
No smoke near the ground through Mon 6 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Colorado National Monument, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station KC0VVHKC0VVH
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/4,767 ft/1,475 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/5,784 ft/458 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/10.3 mi away/4,839 ft/1,403 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Palisade (6)CO097
Beside a road/20.8 mi away/4,697 ft/1,545 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Grand Junction 5.9 WSWCO-ME-190
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/4,997 ft/1,245 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/5,837 ft/405 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Colorado National Coop (CNMC2), 4.0 miles from here, read 17 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.