Citizen station DW1684DW1684
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.9 mi away/863 ft/66 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Big Lake is 68° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 11 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Big Lake, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Fort Wayne (IN), 22 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Big Lake, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Big Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW1684DW1684
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.9 mi away/863 ft/66 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Nb Elkhart River At Cosperville04100222
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.8 mi away/880 ft/49 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Warsaw MuniASW
At an airfield/17.8 mi away/850 ft/79 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort WayneIN003
Beside a road/22.1 mi away/798 ft/131 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Columbia City 7.4 NIN-WY-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/918 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Columbia CityCOLI3
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/820 ft/109 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Big Lake, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 2,300 ft, broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 4,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
68.0 F with a dew point of 64.6 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.
From the west (260 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.
The full report of Warsaw Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Columbia City (COLI3), 8.6 miles from here, read 7 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.