Slumgullion SnotelSLMC2
A snow pillow on a mountain/4.2 mi away/11,440 ft/545 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Colorado/Spring Creek Pass
Now. Spring Creek Pass is 27° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 20°. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 21° by 4 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 50°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 39°. Rain is likely Wednesday (52%). Rain is possible Tuesday (46%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 21°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:40 PM. 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 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Spring Creek Pass, Colorado.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Southern Ute Indian Reservation (CO), 69 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.64 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 6 instruments nearest Spring Creek Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Slumgullion SnotelSLMC2
A snow pillow on a mountain/4.2 mi away/11,440 ft/545 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
CreedeC24
At an airfield/15.0 mi away/8,645 ft/2,250 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.8 mi away/8,923 ft/1,972 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Telluride - Lawson Hill (18)CO055
Beside a road/39.4 mi away/8,911 ft/1,984 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At a reservoir/8.6 mi away/9,754 ft/1,141 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Lake City 0.2 NNWCO-HD-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/8,679 ft/2,216 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.