Sunset SnotelSNSI1
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.2 mi away/5,540 ft/682 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Idaho/Thompson Pass
Now. Thompson Pass is 42° and mostly clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 64°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
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 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Thompson Pass, Idaho.
Air quality
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Thompson Falls (MT), 18 miles off.
Yesterday measured 26, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 71, moderate, Thu 11 PM.
Precipitation
None in 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 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Thompson Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Sunset SnotelSNSI1
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.2 mi away/5,540 ft/682 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
D1 - Lookout PassITDA7
Beside a road/8.1 mi away/4,518 ft/340 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mullan PassMLP
At an airfield/8.7 mi away/6,004 ft/1,146 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mullan 0.2 WID-SH-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/3,304 ft/1,554 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MullanS06
At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/3,232 ft/1,626 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.