Buddy AdamsBDAN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.0 mi away/4,589 ft/976 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Nevada/Ambush Pass
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Ambush Pass until 11 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ambush Pass is 62° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 17 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 80°, and the coolest Thursday, near 65°. Rain is likely Tuesday (54%) and Wednesday (60%). Rain is possible Thursday (40%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:17 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Ambush Pass, Nevada.
Air quality
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Death Valley National Park (CA), 30 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 4 instruments nearest Ambush Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 19.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Buddy AdamsBDAN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.0 mi away/4,589 ft/976 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/25.0 mi away/3,310 ft/303 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mercury 3 SSW53136
At a climate reference station/25.4 mi away/3,284 ft/329 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily1 instrument
Mercury 3 SSWMRYN2
At a cooperative observer's station/25.2 mi away/3,304 ft/309 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mercury 3 SSW (MRYN2), 25.2 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.