SR22 & CressonPA050
Beside a road/3.2 mi away/2,323 ft/768 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Parks/Pennsylvania/Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 3 PM (57%).
Now. Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site is 55° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 55°, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 77°, and the coolest Saturday, near 49°. Rain is likely tomorrow (85%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Altoona (PA), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 40, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Thu 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 7 instruments nearest Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
SR22 & CressonPA050
Beside a road/3.2 mi away/2,323 ft/768 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Blair Helibase RawsBLHP1
A remote fire weather station/5.2 mi away/1,155 ft/400 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW6443GW6443
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/1,252 ft/303 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/1,503 ft/52 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rock Springs PaS2036
At a soil climate station/36.5 mi away/1,220 ft/335 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Cresson 0.6 NEPA-CM-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/2,187 ft/632 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Altoona 3SWALTP1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/1,369 ft/186 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Altoona 3SW (ALTP1), 5.1 miles from here, read 7 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.