Essex SCANEXCC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.7 mi away/2,644 ft/1,172 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Skeleton Pass
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Skeleton Pass until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Skeleton Pass is 71° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northeast at 20 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 66° 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 86°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Skeleton Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Joshua Tree National Park (CA), 68 miles off.
Yesterday measured 43, 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 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 3 instruments nearest Skeleton Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.7 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Essex SCANEXCC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.7 mi away/2,644 ft/1,172 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
EssexS2185
At a soil climate station/13.7 mi away/2,644 ft/1,172 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily1 instrument
AmboyAMYC1
At a cooperative observer's station/22.6 mi away/653 ft/819 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.