Deep CreekMITC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.7 mi away/9,404 ft/2,888 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Rifle Falls State Park is 42° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 30° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is possible Tuesday (34%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:35 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Rifle Falls State Park, Colorado.
Air quality
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Colorado River Valley (CO), 17 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM.
Precipitation
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over 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 12 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Rifle Falls State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Deep CreekMITC2
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.7 mi away/9,404 ft/2,888 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Silt (7)CO084
Beside a road/8.8 mi away/5,369 ft/1,147 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/10.0 mi away/5,548 ft/968 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rifle 8.9 NECO-GF-81
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/6,509 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Rifle 3ENERIEC2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/5,446 ft/1,070 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Rifle 3ENE (RIEC2), 8.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. 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.