US-395 - WindmillCF159
Beside a road/1.9 mi away/6,879 ft/401 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/California/Swall Meadows
Now. Swall Meadows is 40° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 19°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 72°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 52°. Rain is likely Tuesday (63%) and Wednesday (69%). Rain is possible Thursday (43%). The first freeze could come Thursday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:24 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Swall Meadows, California.
Air quality
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 17 miles off.
Yesterday measured 35, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Swall Meadows, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Swall Meadows, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
US-395 - WindmillCF159
Beside a road/1.9 mi away/6,879 ft/401 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rock Creek RAWSRCEC1
A remote fire weather station/4.2 mi away/7,101 ft/623 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW5813GW5813
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/7,002 ft/524 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Doe RidgeS2191
At a soil climate station/13.4 mi away/7,340 ft/862 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/13.5 mi away/7,129 ft/651 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
West Bishop 14.4 NWCA-MN-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/6,395 ft/83 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bishop CreekASDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/19.3 mi away/8,750 ft/2,272 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Swall Meadows, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Bishop Creek (ASDC1), 19.3 miles from here, read 14 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.