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Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

Community in Larimer County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Red Feather Lakes

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Laramie (WY), 35 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 2, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Red Feather Lakes

0.55 in 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
0.55in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Red Feather Lakes, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Red Feather Lakes, ColoradoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Red Feather Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Walden33V

At an airfield/36.2 mi away/8,150 ft/182 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank977of 2,650

measured daily2 instruments

Red Feather Lakes 1.5 WCO-LR-821

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/8,444 ft/112 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RusticRUTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/7,789 ft/543 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Walden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 36.2 mi from Red Feather Lakes, 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 Walden, 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 33VFIG. A THE SKY OVER WALDENSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWalden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 33VTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-33V-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

26.6 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Walden: temperature 26.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 33VFIG. B THE AIR AT WALDENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.2 FTEMPERATURE 26.6 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEWalden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 33VTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-33V-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Walden, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 7 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 33VFIG. C THE WIND AT WALDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWalden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 33VTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-33V-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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