US20 EB at Santiam Pass MP80OD110
Beside a road/6.7 mi away/4,790 ft/539 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/Oregon/Minto Pass
Now. Minto Pass is 44° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 47°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 27°.
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 10:00 PM in Minto Pass, Oregon.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Sisters (OR), 20 miles off.
Yesterday measured 14, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Sat 2 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Minto Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
US20 EB at Santiam Pass MP80OD110
Beside a road/6.7 mi away/4,790 ft/539 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Hogg Pass SnotelHOPO3
A snow pillow on a mountain/6.8 mi away/4,790 ft/539 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW4092FW4092
In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.0 mi away/2,877 ft/2,452 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Madras CityS33
At an airfield/34.1 mi away/2,416 ft/2,913 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Marion Forks Fish HatcheryMNFO3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/2,533 ft/2,796 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sisters 1.4 WNWOR-DS-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.0 mi away/3,230 ft/2,099 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.