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Shady Side, Maryland

Community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Shady Side

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Metro Baltimore (MD), 25 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)1Good-
  • Ozone17Good12 ppb12.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.4 ppb24.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb24.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm24.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shady Side

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Shady Side, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Shady Side, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

AnnapolisNDBC-APAM2

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank662of 736

AnnapolisNAK

At an airfield/10.9 mi away/4 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 736

Powder MillS2049

At a soil climate station/21.9 mi away/105 ft/99 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank734of 736

measured daily2 instruments

Shady Side 0.5 NNWMD-AA-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/2 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Bristol/Jug Bay Met SensorsBSLM2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/-20 ft/26 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Annapolis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.9 mi from Shady Side, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Annapolis, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NAKFIG. A THE SKY OVER ANNAPOLISSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAnnapolis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NAKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NAK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Annapolis: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NAKFIG. B THE AIR AT ANNAPOLISTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEAnnapolis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NAKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NAK-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 Annapolis, 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 NAKFIG. C THE WIND AT ANNAPOLISPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAnnapolis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NAKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NAK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Maryland

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Shady Side

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Shady Side

River and lake gauges