Sand SpringsSSPNV
Beside a road/0.4 mi away/4,642 ft/29 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/Nevada/Sand Springs Pass
Now. Sand Springs Pass is 51° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 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 Sunday, near 74°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 57°. Rain is possible Tuesday (41%) and Wednesday (44%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Sand Springs Pass, Nevada.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Fallon (NV), 27 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.
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 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 Sand Springs Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Sand SpringsSSPNV
Beside a road/0.4 mi away/4,642 ft/29 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rawhide Flats RAWSRAWN2
A remote fire weather station/19.7 mi away/3,901 ft/712 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Fallon NASNFL
At an airfield/21.6 mi away/3,934 ft/679 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fallon 3.3 SNV-CH-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.6 mi away/3,963 ft/650 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
On a farm or research station/26.6 mi away/3,960 ft/653 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.