First ButteFBFW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.8 mi away/5,102 ft/2,192 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Apex Pass
Now. Apex Pass is 34° and mostly clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 29° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 47°, and the coolest Monday, near 37°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 8:41 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 10 hours 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Apex Pass, Washington.
Air quality
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Twisp (WA), 42 miles off.
Yesterday measured 33, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 90, moderate, Fri 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Sat 11 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
The 4 instruments nearest Apex Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 24.8 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
First ButteFBFW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.8 mi away/5,102 ft/2,192 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WinthropS52
At an airfield/37.9 mi away/1,688 ft/5,606 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Oroville 5.3 SWWA-OK-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.7 mi away/1,928 ft/5,366 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MazamaMZAW1
At a cooperative observer's station/28.9 mi away/2,208 ft/5,086 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.