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Fountain, Colorado

City in El Paso County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Fountain

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Colorado Springs (CO), 12 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good12.7 mi
  • Ozone31Good34 ppb15.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fountain

None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fountain, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fountain 2.7 NCO-EP-428

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/5,717 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Ellicott 7SBSQC2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/5,961 ft/272 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,662of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Fort Carson/Butts, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.6 mi from Fountain, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Fort Carson/Butts, 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 FCSFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT CARSON/BUTTSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFort Carson/Butts, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FCSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FCS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.4 F with a dew point of 30.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Carson/Butts: temperature 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FCSFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT CARSON/BUTTSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.4 FTEMPERATURE 37.4 FDEW POINT 30.0 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEFort Carson/Butts, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FCSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FCS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 48 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Carson/Butts, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FCSFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT CARSON/BUTTSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Carson/Butts, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FCSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FCS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Carson/Butts, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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