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Foster, Indiana

Community in Warren County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Foster

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Champaign (IL), 44 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Foster

0.41 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.41in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

How far you can see at Foster, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Foster, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Foster, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CovingtonIN041

Beside a road/2.2 mi away/560 ft/72 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Wabash River At Covington03336000

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.1 mi away/474 ft/158 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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CrawfordsvilleCFJ

At an airfield/31.1 mi away/799 ft/167 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Citizen station EW5179EW5179

In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.3 mi away/517 ft/115 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Covington 0.4 WNWIN-FN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/568 ft/64 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PerrysvillePYVI3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/643 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Crawfordsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 31.1 mi from Foster, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Crawfordsville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFJFIG. A THE SKY OVER CRAWFORDSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECrawfordsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CFJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.5 F with a dew point of 44.8 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Crawfordsville: temperature 49.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.8, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFJFIG. B THE AIR AT CRAWFORDSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 49.5 FDEW POINT 44.8 FSPREAD 4.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLECrawfordsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Crawfordsville, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFJFIG. C THE WIND AT CRAWFORDSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECrawfordsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Perrysville (PYVI3), 5.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:10. measured daily

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