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Rocky Ripple, Indiana

Town in Marion County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Rocky Ripple

Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Indianapolis (IN), 7 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good4 mi
  • Ozone15Good12 ppb4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.6 ppb4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rocky Ripple

0.18 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.18in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rocky Ripple, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rocky Ripple, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Indianapolis 5.3 NIN-MR-232

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/714 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Castleton 2SBMCI3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/823 ft/116 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank72of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Indianapolis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.7 mi from Rocky Ripple, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,600 ft, broken at 2,500 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Indianapolis, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EYEFIG. A THE SKY OVER INDIANAPOLISSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIndianapolis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EYETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EYE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 70.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Indianapolis: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EYEFIG. B THE AIR AT INDIANAPOLISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 72.0 F, 70.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEIndianapolis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EYETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EYE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Indianapolis, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, 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 EYEFIG. C THE WIND AT INDIANAPOLISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIndianapolis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EYETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EYE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Castleton 2S (BMCI3), 6.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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