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Orchard, Colorado

Community in Morgan County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Orchard

Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Fort Collins (CO), 49 miles off.

39Good
  • Ozone39Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orchard

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.14in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Orchard, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wiggins 3.3 NNWCO-MR-120

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/4,512 ft/104 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Weldona 3ESEWELC2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/4,380 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,550of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Fort Morgan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Orchard, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Morgan, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FMMFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT MORGANSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Morgan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FMMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FMM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Morgan: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FMMFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT MORGANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 Morgan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FMMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FMM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Morgan, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 14 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 FMMFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT MORGANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Morgan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FMMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FMM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Weldona 3ESE (WELC2), 10.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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