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Vona, Colorado

Town in Kit Carson County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Vona

Index 14, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Goodland (KS), 56 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Vona

None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 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
0.08in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Vona, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Seiberrt 0.6 NECO-KC-62

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/4,708 ft/209 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Stratton Amateur RadioSOHC2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/4,416 ft/83 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Burlington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.9 mi from Vona, Colorado. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 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 Burlington, 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 ITRFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBurlington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ITRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Burlington: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITRFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTONTHE 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 F50 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.0 FTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEBurlington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ITRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 46 mph.

Plan of the wind at Burlington, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, 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 ITRFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ITRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Colorado

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