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Carbonate, Colorado

Town in Garfield County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Carbonate

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Colorado River Valley (CO), 36 miles off.

17Good
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Carbonate

None in the last 24 hours; 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Carbonate, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Carbonate, ColoradoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Carbonate, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sunlight5SM

At an airfield/22.2 mi away/10,604 ft/279 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,533of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Glenwood Springs 2.1 NWCO-GF-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.4 mi away/6,070 ft/4,813 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Glenwood Springs - ShoshoneGWDC2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/6,215 ft/4,668 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sunlight, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.2 mi from Carbonate, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sunlight, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5SMFIG. A THE SKY OVER SUNLIGHTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESunlight, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 5SMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5SM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

23.0 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Sunlight: temperature 23.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5SMFIG. B THE AIR AT SUNLIGHTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 23.0 F, 23.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESunlight, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5SMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5SM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 10,604 ft above sea level, 33 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 20.10 inHg and the temperature at 21.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.73 inHg means its barometer reads 20.64 inHg; it reports 23.0 F, 1.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sunlight stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 10,604 feet above sea level with 33 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 20.10 inches of mercury, and temperature, 21.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.73 and the station pressure it means, 20.64.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5SMFIG. D WHERE SUNLIGHT STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESUNLIGHT33 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT10,604 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE20.10 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE21.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.73 inHgITS BAROMETER READS20.64 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED23.0 FTITLESunlight, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5SMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5SM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sunlight, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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