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Idalia, Colorado

Community in Yuma County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Idalia

Index 15, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 40 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Idalia

None in the last 24 hours; 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.14in

Visibility

How far you can see at Idalia, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Idalia, 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 now3 instruments

WrayRYA

At an airfield/27.6 mi away/3,667 ft/298 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank533of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

IdaliaIDAC2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/3,960 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Idalia 2.0 ECO-YU-83

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/3,939 ft/26 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wray, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.6 mi from Idalia, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wray, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYAFIG. A THE SKY OVER WRAYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 7,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWray, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RYATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RYA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Wray: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYAFIG. B THE AIR AT WRAYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLEWray, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RYA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wray, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYAFIG. C THE WIND AT WRAYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWray, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RYA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wray, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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