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Nucla, Colorado

Town in Montrose County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Nucla

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Canyonlands National Park (UT), 70 miles off.

33Good
  • Ozone33Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Nucla

None in the last 24 hours; 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Nucla, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Nucla, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

NuclaAIB

At an airfield/2.1 mi away/5,939 ft/183 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,112of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Norwood 2.1 NWCO-SM-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/6,865 ft/1,109 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Gateway CoopGTWC2

At a cooperative observer's station/36.1 mi away/4,629 ft/1,127 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Nucla, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.1 mi from Nucla, 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 Nucla, 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 AIBFIG. A THE SKY OVER NUCLASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLENucla, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AIBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AIB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 37.8 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Nucla: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.8, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AIBFIG. B THE AIR AT NUCLATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.3 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 37.8 FSPREAD 6.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLENucla, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AIBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AIB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Nucla, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AIBFIG. C THE WIND AT NUCLAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENucla, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AIBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AIB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Gateway Coop (GTWC2), 36.1 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 17:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Nucla

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

Near Nucla

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