In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/1,220 ft/5 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Eagle Lake State Park until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Eagle Lake State Park is 47° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 42° by 1 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Eagle Lake State Park, Iowa.
Precipitation
0.91 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Eagle Lake State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/1,220 ft/5 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Forest CityFXY
At an airfield/9.3 mi away/1,229 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
LelandRLDI4
Beside a road/17.6 mi away/1,270 ft/55 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Britt 8.2 NNWIA-HN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/1,332 ft/117 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Forest City 2 NNEFSCI4
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/1,263 ft/48 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.