Beside a road/0.6 mi away/11,834 ft/264 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/Colorado/Independence Pass
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 48° after 40° today.
Now. Independence Pass is 23° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 20°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 15° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 51°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 43°. Rain is possible Tuesday (30%) and Wednesday (30%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 12°.
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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Independence Pass, Colorado.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.32 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Independence Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Beside a road/0.6 mi away/11,834 ft/264 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Independence Pass Alpine Meteorological Station390622106343001
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.6 mi away/12,198 ft/100 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/15.6 mi away/9,928 ft/2,170 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Twin Lakes 5.0 WCO-LK-34
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/9,996 ft/2,102 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Twin Lakes ReserviorTWNC2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/9,252 ft/2,846 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.