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Bally, Pennsylvania

Borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Bally

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 15 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good16.8 mi
  • Ozone23Good23 ppb13.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Bally

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bally, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

On the radar over Bally, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bally, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

PalmPLMP1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/289 ft/171 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Quakertown_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.1 mi from Bally, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 3,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Quakertown_Arpt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 3,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKTFIG. A THE SKY OVER QUAKERTOWN_ARPTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEQuakertown_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UKTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Quakertown_Arpt: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKTFIG. B THE AIR AT QUAKERTOWN_ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,900 FTTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEQuakertown_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UKTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Quakertown_Arpt, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKTFIG. C THE WIND AT QUAKERTOWN_ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEQuakertown_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UKTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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