Citizen station GW4179GW4179
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/2,495 ft/30 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 4 PM (66%).
Now. Loch Lynn Heights is 67° and mostly cloudy at 6 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 11 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 46°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Loch Lynn Heights, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Western Maryland (MD), 29 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 4 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Loch Lynn Heights, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Loch Lynn Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW4179GW4179
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/2,495 ft/30 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Youghiogheny River Near Oakland03075500
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.4 mi away/2,353 ft/112 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US 219 S at Deep Creek LakeMD145
Beside a road/9.8 mi away/2,516 ft/51 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Oakland2G4
At an airfield/13.2 mi away/2,933 ft/468 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mountain Lake Park 0.8 ESEMD-GR-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/2,472 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OaklandOLDM2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/2,457 ft/8 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Loch Lynn Heights, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 5,500 ft, scattered at 6,000 ft, overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
68.0 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.
From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 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.