Swamp Creek SnotelSWSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/17.5 mi away/3,930 ft/2,325 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Sky Pilot Pass
Now. Sky Pilot Pass is 38° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° by 8 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 54°, and the coolest Monday, near 41°. Rain is likely Saturday (51%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 8:45 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 52 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Sky Pilot Pass, Washington.
Air quality
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Twisp (WA), 43 miles off.
Yesterday measured 33, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 75, moderate, Fri 6 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Sat 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Sky Pilot Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 14.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Swamp Creek SnotelSWSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/17.5 mi away/3,930 ft/2,325 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Darrington 21 NNE04223
At a climate reference station/36.3 mi away/407 ft/5,848 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
WinthropS52
At an airfield/39.7 mi away/1,688 ft/4,567 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ross Rsvr NrRODW1
At a reservoir/14.8 mi away/1,572 ft/4,683 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Winthrop 9.2 NWWA-OK-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.2 mi away/2,595 ft/3,660 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Ross Rsvr Nr (RODW1), 14.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.