Citizen station FW4825FW4825
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/551 ft/41 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Lincoln Home National Historic Site is 69° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west at 1 mph.
Where now comes from. The forecast for this hour, checked against 4 instruments within 39 miles. The nearest, Citizen station FW4825 (247 rank 1,077 in Illinois), read at 5:10 PM.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 77°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 79% lit, and sets at 3:26 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 57 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 PM in Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 49, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (IL), 3 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 23, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Wed 5 PM. The last measurable, 0.04 in, fell on Oct 16. 0.60 in over the last 14 days. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Fri 1 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Lincoln Home National Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW4825FW4825
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/551 ft/41 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
SpringfieldSPI
At an airfield/3.9 mi away/594 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-55/IL-104 @ PawneeSS0232
Beside a road/14.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mason #1 ScanMASI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/38.3 mi away/570 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Springfield 1.5 NIL-SG-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/607 ft/15 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AT Lake SpringfieldSPNI2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/574 ft/18 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.