I-68 at WV LineMD129
Beside a road/2.4 mi away/1,991 ft/477 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM, the chance peaking at 65% around 4 PM.
Now. Friendsville is 65° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south at 5 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (79%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Friendsville, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 9, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Western Maryland (MD), 26 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Friendsville, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Friendsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
I-68 at WV LineMD129
Beside a road/2.4 mi away/1,991 ft/477 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW5591GW5591
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/2,493 ft/979 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Oakland2G4
At an airfield/6.6 mi away/2,933 ft/1,419 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Youghiogheny River Near Mchenry03076100
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.5 mi away/2,017 ft/503 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Accident 1.1 EMD-GR-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/2,583 ft/1,069 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Deep Creek LakeOKLM2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/2,106 ft/592 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Friendsville, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.
62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.
The full report of Oakland, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.