Citizen station GW4179GW4179
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/2,495 ft/6 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM, the chance peaking at 69% around 4 PM.
Now. Mountain Lake Park is 62° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 45°. Rain is likely tomorrow (79%). 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. 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 2:00 AM in Mountain Lake Park, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 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 Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mountain Lake Park, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Mountain Lake Park, 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 now4 instruments
Citizen station GW4179GW4179
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/2,495 ft/6 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Youghiogheny River Near Oakland03075500
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/2,353 ft/136 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US 219 S at Deep Creek LakeMD145
Beside a road/9.1 mi away/2,516 ft/27 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Oakland2G4
At an airfield/12.5 mi away/2,933 ft/444 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
OaklandOLDM2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/2,457 ft/32 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mountain Lake Park 0.8 ESEMD-GR-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/2,472 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Mountain Lake Park, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 300 ft, overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 8 mi.
66.2 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate 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.