Fox River Near New Munster05545750
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/736 ft/93 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Richard Bong State Recreation Area is 58° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 46° by 6 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Richard Bong State Recreation Area, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Kenosha-Racine Lakeside (WI), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.46 in in the last 24 hours, 0.69 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Richard Bong State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Fox River Near New Munster05545750
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/736 ft/93 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW1923FW1923
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/775 ft/54 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
I-94 EB at 71st StWI074
Beside a road/9.3 mi away/705 ft/124 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
KenoshaENW
At an airfield/9.3 mi away/719 ft/110 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Silver Lake 3.5 NWI-KN-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/797 ft/32 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Paddock LakePADW3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/768 ft/61 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.