La Veta Pass (74)CO028
Beside a road/0.3 mi away/9,358 ft/73 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/Colorado/North La Veta Pass
Now. North La Veta Pass is 29° and fog at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 24° by 7 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 55°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 45°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 24°.
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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in North La Veta Pass, Colorado.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 4 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest North La Veta Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
La Veta Pass (74)CO028
Beside a road/0.3 mi away/9,358 ft/73 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Ute Creek SnotelUTCC2
A snow pillow on a mountain/10.0 mi away/10,650 ft/1,219 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Walsenburg4V1
At an airfield/22.7 mi away/6,049 ft/3,382 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW0143GW0143
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.9 mi away/8,306 ft/1,125 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gardner 7.9 SSWCO-HF-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/8,197 ft/1,234 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Great Sand Dunes Natl MonGSDC2
At a cooperative observer's station/20.0 mi away/7,999 ft/1,432 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.