Citizen station EW1783EW1783
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/432 ft/103 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 21 degrees warmer: a high of 84° after 63° today.
Now. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is 59° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 59°, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 84°, and the coolest Saturday, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (61%). Rain is possible Saturday (33%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Martinsburg (WV), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW1783EW1783
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/432 ft/103 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Antietam National BattlefieldANBM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.4 mi away/476 ft/147 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
IS 70 WB at South MountainMD064
Beside a road/11.8 mi away/797 ft/468 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/19.2 mi away/705 ft/376 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sharpsburg 0.2 ENEMD-WH-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/410 ft/81 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WilliamsportWLLM2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/541 ft/212 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.