SR-99 : South of Hatch RoadCF180
Beside a road/1.9 mi away/91 ft/12 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/California/Rouse
Now. Rouse is 56° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 70°. Rain is possible Tuesday (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Rouse, California.
Air quality
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Modesto (CA), 3 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Rouse, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Rouse, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
SR-99 : South of Hatch RoadCF180
Beside a road/1.9 mi away/91 ft/12 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/3.0 mi away/98 ft/19 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW5235GW5235
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/82 ft/3 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.0 mi away/184 ft/105 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Merced 23 WSW93243
At a climate reference station/27.7 mi away/78 ft/1 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
ModestoMODC1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/88 ft/9 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Modesto 0.8 SCA-SS-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/92 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.0 mi from Rouse, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
51.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.
Calm.
The full report of Modesto City/Sham, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Modesto (MODC1), 2.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.