Citizen station GW7587GW7587
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.0 mi away/9,257 ft/1,555 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/Colorado/Lou Creek Pass
Lou Creek Pass, Colorado
Mountain pass in Ouray County, Colorado, at 10,812 ft41°
49°/20°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Light breeze 4 mph W
Now. Lou Creek Pass is 41° and clear at 5 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 27° by 6 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 tomorrow, near 50°, and the coolest Thursday, near 40°. Rain is likely Wednesday (55%) and Thursday (84%). Rain is possible Monday (42%) and Tuesday (41%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:35 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
14Air quality
52%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
41feels38
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
4920
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5027
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
4529
21%
Mon
Oct 19
4332
42%
Tue
Oct 20
4233
41%
Wed
Oct 21
4433
55%
Thu
Oct 22
4034
84%
12mph
41°
49°20°
50°27°
45°29°
43°32°
42°33°
44°33°
40°34°
As of 5:00 PM in Lou Creek Pass, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Lou Creek Pass
Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Telluride (CO), 24 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lou Creek Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.98in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lou Creek Pass, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 10,812 ft
- County
- Ouray County
- State
- Colorado
- Latitude
- 38.2300° N
- Longitude
- 107.5803° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Lou Creek Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Blue Mesa DamBMXC2
At a dam/20.4 mi away/7,524 ft/3,288 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Montrose 11 ENE03060
At a climate reference station/22.2 mi away/8,402 ft/2,410 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
At an airfield/25.6 mi away/5,758 ft/5,054 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Telluride - Lawson Hill (18)CO055
Beside a road/25.7 mi away/8,911 ft/1,901 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ridgway 5.9 NCO-OR-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/6,718 ft/4,094 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Quray SpotterURYC2
At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/7,736 ft/3,076 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Quray Spotter (URYC2), 15.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:18. measured daily
Elsewhere in Colorado
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lou Creek Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Loghill Villagecommunity, 11 mi
- Ridgwaytown, 11 mi
- Portlandcommunity, 12 mi
- Colonacommunity, 13 mi
- Ouraycity, 15 mi
- Lake Citytown, 20 mi
- Montrosecity, 23 mi
- Telluridesurveyed ski area, 24 mi
- Telluridetown, 24 mi
- Silverton Mountainski area, 25 mi
- Mountain Villagetown, 25 mi
- Powderhornski area, 26 mi
Mountain passes near Lou Creek Pass
- Monument Pass2 mi
- Slagle Pass5 mi
- Owl Creek Pass5 mi
- Engineer Pass18 mi
- Denver Pass19 mi
- Blue Lake Pass20 mi
- Cinnamon Pass21 mi
- Richmond Pass21 mi