Citizen station EW7633EW7633
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/1,441 ft/155 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Branched Oak State Recreation Area, Nebraska
State Recreation Area in Lancaster County, Nebraska* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast Nebraska. * WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
45°
55°/41°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Branched Oak State Recreation Area until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Branched Oak State Recreation Area is 45° and mostly cloudy at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 16 mph, gusting to 32 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:40 PM. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
70%Humidity
87%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
45feels38
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5541
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
6131
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6840
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6944
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7347
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7853
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7957
14%
45°
55°41°
61°31°
68°40°
69°44°
73°47°
78°53°
79°57°
As of 6:00 AM in Branched Oak State Recreation Area, Nebraska.
Air quality
The air at Branched Oak State Recreation Area
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln (NE), 17 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good16.6 mi
- Ozone-18 ppb11.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Branched Oak State Recreation Area
1.25 in in the last 24 hours, 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.25in
- Last 3 days
- 1.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 86%
Visibility
How far you can see at Branched Oak State Recreation Area, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 4.44 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,286 ft
- County
- Lancaster County
- State
- Nebraska
- Latitude
- 40.9887° N
- Longitude
- 96.8904° W
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Branched Oak State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Oak Creek at Air Park Road at Lincoln, Nebr.06803486
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.9 mi away/1,143 ft/143 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
LincolnLNK
At an airfield/12.7 mi away/1,155 ft/131 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
HWY 77 & Agnew Rd.NE046
Beside a road/13.5 mi away/1,183 ft/103 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Lincoln 8 ENE94995
At a climate reference station/20.1 mi away/1,189 ft/97 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Rodgers FarmS2001
At a soil climate station/23.9 mi away/1,214 ft/72 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Raymond 7.3 WNWNE-LA-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,416 ft/130 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Site 1SEWN1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/1,440 ft/154 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Site 1 (SEWN1), 11.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nebraska
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Branched Oak State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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