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Redlands, Colorado

Community in Mesa County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Redlands

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Grand Junction (CO), 5 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
  • Ozone30Good33 ppb18.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Redlands

None in the last 24 hours; 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.59in

Visibility

How far you can see at Redlands, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Redlands, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Grand Junction 4.6 WCO-ME-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/4,682 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Grand Junction, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.7 mi from Redlands, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 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 Grand Junction, 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 GJTFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAND JUNCTIONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGrand Junction, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GJTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GJT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grand Junction: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 45 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GJTFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND JUNCTIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.6 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 21.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 45 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 POINTTITLEGrand Junction, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GJTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GJT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grand Junction, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, 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 GJTFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND JUNCTIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand Junction, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GJTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GJT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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