Ruby LakeRLKN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.6 mi away/5,978 ft/65 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Nevada/Railroad Pass
Now. Railroad Pass is 45° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. 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 33° by 6 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 66°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 52°. Rain is likely Tuesday (56%) and Wednesday (54%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:07 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Railroad Pass, Nevada.
Air quality
Index 8, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Elko (NV), 49 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
The 4 instruments nearest Railroad Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 18.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
measured daily2 instruments
Jiggs 8 SseJIGN2
At a cooperative observer's station/19.2 mi away/5,847 ft/66 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Eureka 13.5 NNV-EK-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.2 mi away/5,893 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
-
Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.