SB Copper CreekIA094
Beside a road/3.9 mi away/879 ft/39 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Sharon Bluffs State Park until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 68° today.
Now. Sharon Bluffs State Park is 54° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 46° by 5 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 34°.
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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Sharon Bluffs State Park, Iowa.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 41 miles off.
Highest 55, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 4 instruments nearest Sharon Bluffs State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
SB Copper CreekIA094
Beside a road/3.9 mi away/879 ft/39 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
CentervilleTVK
At an airfield/6.0 mi away/1,027 ft/187 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Centerville 1.0 SSEIA-AP-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/1,020 ft/180 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CentervilleCNTI4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/942 ft/102 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.