Peterson Flat (GOES)PTFC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/6,768 ft/445 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Chilcoot Pass
Now. Chilcoot Pass is 48° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 11°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 8 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 tomorrow, near 71°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 45°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Chilcoot Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Yreka (CA), 28 miles off.
Yesterday measured 32, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Chilcoot Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Peterson Flat (GOES)PTFC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/6,768 ft/445 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
NorthWeedRWISCD014
Beside a road/11.8 mi away/3,425 ft/3,788 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/14.1 mi away/3,546 ft/3,667 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
French GulchS2218
At a soil climate station/37.1 mi away/3,704 ft/3,509 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Weed 2.7 SCA-SK-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.9 mi away/3,840 ft/3,373 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mt ShastaMHSC1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/3,698 ft/3,515 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mt Shasta (MHSC1), 14.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.