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Vista Center, New Jersey

Community in Ocean County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Vista Center

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Monmouth County (NJ), 14 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-21.8 mi
  • Ozone28Good10 ppb9.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide7Good7 ppb21.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Vista Center

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Vista Center, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Vista Center, New JerseyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Vista Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

JacksonJACN4

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/112 ft/21 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank389of 737

Lakehurst NASNEL

At an airfield/9.1 mi away/102 ft/31 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Jackson Twp 3.7 NNENJ-OC-115

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/113 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FreeholdFRHN4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/177 ft/44 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW5571, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.2 mi from Vista Center, New Jersey. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW5571, 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 GW5571FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW5571PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW5571, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5571TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5571-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 110 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.80 inHg and the temperature at 58.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.09 inHg means its barometer reads 29.97 inHg; it reports 56.0 F, 2.6 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW5571 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 110 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.80 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.09 and the station pressure it means, 29.97.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5571FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW5571 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW55710 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT110 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.80 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.09 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.97 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED56.0 FTITLECitizen station GW5571, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5571TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5571-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.15 N, and the day is 10 h 58 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW5571, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 50 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 58 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5571FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW5571ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 73°EQUINOXES 50°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 58 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 65 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.15 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW5571, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5571TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5571-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW5571, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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

Near Vista Center

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

Near Vista Center

River and lake gauges