Citizen station GW1994GW1994
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/1,491 ft/36 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Chuichu until 2 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 78° after 86° today.
Now. Chuichu is 74° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east at 21 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is unhealthy (index 157): everyone should cut back on long or hard exertion outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 83°, and the coolest Thursday, near 75°. Rain is possible tomorrow (39%), Wednesday (42%) and Thursday (39%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:11 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 11 hours 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 AM in Chuichu, Arizona.
Air quality
Index 157, unhealthy, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, West Pinal (AZ), 12 miles off.
Highest 84, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 5 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Chuichu, ArizonaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Chuichu, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW1994GW1994
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/1,491 ft/36 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/1,463 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CoolidgeAZMET-AZ05
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.8 mi away/1,388 ft/67 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Casa Grande 4.8 SWAZ-PN-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,407 ft/48 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Robson RanchROBA3
On a farm or research station/10.1 mi away/1,473 ft/18 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest instrument reporting now, 10.1 mi from Chuichu, Arizona. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.
Calm.
At 1,491 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.34 inHg and the temperature at 53.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.14 inHg means its barometer reads 28.55 inHg; it reports 72.0 F, 18.3 F warmer than standard.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 48 degrees above the horizon at 32.81 N, and the day is 11 h 13 min long. Level ground there takes 74 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.