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Ponderosa Park, Colorado

Community in Elbert County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Ponderosa Park

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Colorado Springs (CO), 36 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone29Good22 ppb20.6 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 Ponderosa Park

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ponderosa Park, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ponderosa Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FranktownFKTC2

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/6,221 ft/357 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank648of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

ElizabethELAC2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/6,594 ft/16 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,550of 2,650

Elizabeth 2.7 NWCO-EL-84

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/6,508 ft/70 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Monument/Elbert (CDOT), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Ponderosa Park, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 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 Monument/Elbert (CDOT), 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 MNHFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONUMENT/ELBERT (CDOT)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMonument/Elbert (CDOT), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MNHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MNH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Monument/Elbert (CDOT): temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNHFIG. B THE AIR AT MONUMENT/ELBERT (CDOT)THE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 32.0 F, 30.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEMonument/Elbert (CDOT), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MNH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Monument/Elbert (CDOT), north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 9 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 MNHFIG. C THE WIND AT MONUMENT/ELBERT (CDOT)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonument/Elbert (CDOT), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MNH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Monument/Elbert (CDOT), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Elizabeth (ELAC2), 0.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Ponderosa Park

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

Near Ponderosa Park

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