Manastash Ridge WestboundTMANW
Beside a road/0.8 mi away/1,430 ft/12 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Parks/Washington/Helen McCabe State Park
Now. Helen McCabe State Park is 55° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 7 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Monday, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 8:55 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 10 hours 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 PM in Helen McCabe State Park, Washington.
Air quality
Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Ellensburg (WA), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Helen McCabe State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Manastash Ridge WestboundTMANW
Beside a road/0.8 mi away/1,430 ft/12 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/1,403 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/1,580 ft/162 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/8.0 mi away/1,765 ft/347 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
EllensburgELBW1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/1,473 ft/55 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Ellensburg 0.7 WSWWA-KT-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/1,512 ft/94 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.