Independence Pass Alpine Meteorological Station390622106343001
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/12,198 ft/350 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Colorado/Midway Pass
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 49° after 41° today.
Now. Midway Pass is 22° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 16°. The dew point is 21°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 16° 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 52°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 44°. Rain is possible Tuesday (30%) and Wednesday (30%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 13°.
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 Midway Pass, Colorado.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.29 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 Midway Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Independence Pass Alpine Meteorological Station390622106343001
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/12,198 ft/350 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/6.3 mi away/11,834 ft/14 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/12.5 mi away/7,815 ft/4,033 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Aspen 1.3 SSWCO-PT-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/8,084 ft/3,764 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sugarloaf RsvrSGLC2
At a reservoir/16.5 mi away/9,760 ft/2,088 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.