Citizen station CW1676CW1676
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/481 ft/2 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Severe Thunderstorm Watch, in full
Alert. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in force for Highland until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM (55%).
Now. Highland is 68° and partly cloudy at 2 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is possible tomorrow (41%) and Monday (31%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:24 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 PM in Highland, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Suburban DC (MD), 10 miles off.
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Highland, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Highland, 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 now5 instruments
Citizen station CW1676CW1676
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/481 ft/2 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US-29 @ Middle Patuxent RiverMD152
Beside a road/4.1 mi away/276 ft/203 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
GaithersburgGAI
At an airfield/11.3 mi away/539 ft/60 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pheasant Run - Patuxent Env RAWSPREM2
A remote fire weather station/11.6 mi away/215 ft/264 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Powder MillS2049
At a soil climate station/13.1 mi away/105 ft/374 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Highland 1.6 WNWMD-HW-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/504 ft/25 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BeltsvilleBTVM2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/138 ft/341 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Highland, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
79.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Gaithersburg, 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.