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Ridgely, Maryland

Town in Caroline County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Ridgely

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Upper Eastern Shore (MD), 17 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good17.5 mi
  • Ozone16Good24 ppb17.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgely

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgely, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Ridgely, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ridgely, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Tuckahoe RAWSTUKM2

A remote fire weather station/2.6 mi away/46 ft/16 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank318of 736

EastonESN

At an airfield/14.0 mi away/72 ft/10 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank521of 736

measured daily2 instruments

Queen Anne 0.1 NWMD-QA-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/37 ft/25 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Queenstown 3SQNSM2

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/10 ft/52 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank353of 736

Station report

The weather at Easton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Ridgely, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,000 ft, overcast at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Easton, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESNFIG. A THE SKY OVER EASTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEEaston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ESNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.6 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Easton: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.6, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESNFIG. B THE AIR AT EASTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEEaston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Easton, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESNFIG. C THE WIND AT EASTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEaston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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