US26 at Picture Gorge MP127.1OD200
Beside a road/8.3 mi away/2,293 ft/2,602 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/Oregon/Chilkoot Pass
Now. Chilkoot Pass is 45° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
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 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Chilkoot Pass, Oregon.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, John Day (OR), 27 miles off.
Yesterday measured 44, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 165, unhealthy, Fri 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Chilkoot Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
US26 at Picture Gorge MP127.1OD200
Beside a road/8.3 mi away/2,293 ft/2,602 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Fall Mtn RAWSFMFO3
A remote fire weather station/11.0 mi away/5,571 ft/676 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
John Day 35 WNW04125
At a climate reference station/12.3 mi away/2,245 ft/2,650 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
John DayGCD
At an airfield/26.0 mi away/3,697 ft/1,198 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Canyon City 12.6 SSWOR-GR-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.9 mi away/4,799 ft/96 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
John DayJDRO3
At a cooperative observer's station/26.1 mi away/3,100 ft/1,795 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.