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Merino, Colorado

Town in Logan County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Merino

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Greeley (CO), 72 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Merino

None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Merino, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Merino, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SterlingSTK

At an airfield/10.1 mi away/4,035 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank600of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Merino 2.1 SECO-LG-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/4,049 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sterling 1SwSRLC2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/3,950 ft/92 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sterling, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.1 mi from Merino, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM 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 Sterling, 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 STKFIG. A THE SKY OVER STERLINGSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESterling, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS STKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

35.6 F with a dew point of 24.8 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sterling: temperature 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.8, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STKFIG. B THE AIR AT STERLINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.6 FTEMPERATURE 35.6 FDEW POINT 24.8 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLESterling, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS STKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sterling, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STKFIG. C THE WIND AT STERLINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESterling, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS STKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Colorado

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Merino

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