SR-46 - Just West of Kecks RoadCF084
Beside a road/9.4 mi away/846 ft/1,162 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/California/Cottonwood Pass
Now. Cottonwood Pass is 63° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 51° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 89°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 65°. Rain is possible Tuesday (39%) and Wednesday (39%).
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 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Cottonwood Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 48, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Red Hills (CA), 13 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Cottonwood Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
SR-46 - Just West of Kecks RoadCF084
Beside a road/9.4 mi away/846 ft/1,162 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Parkfield RAWSPKFC1
A remote fire weather station/15.0 mi away/1,555 ft/453 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Paso RoblesPRB
At an airfield/24.9 mi away/824 ft/1,184 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW3053GW3053
In a volunteer observer's own ground/32.0 mi away/827 ft/1,181 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Kettleman CityKTTC1
At a cooperative observer's station/20.8 mi away/259 ft/1,749 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Paso Robles 10.4 ESECA-SL-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.4 mi away/1,198 ft/810 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.