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Big Bass Lake, Pennsylvania

Community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Big Bass Lake

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre (PA), 14 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good14 mi
  • Ozone12Good18 ppb14 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 PM.

SunMon

Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Bass Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.46in

Visibility

How far you can see at Big Bass Lake, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 8 PM.

SunMon

On the radar over Big Bass Lake, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Big Bass Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Mt PoconoMPO

At an airfield/9.3 mi away/1,893 ft/26 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank870of 1,397

measured daily2 instruments

CanadensisCNDP1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/1,198 ft/669 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mt Pocono, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Big Bass Lake, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mt Pocono, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPOFIG. A THE SKY OVER MT POCONOSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMt Pocono, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MPOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-MPO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

34.0 F with a dew point of 24.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mt Pocono: temperature 34.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPOFIG. B THE AIR AT MT POCONOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.9 FTEMPERATURE 34.0 FDEW POINT 24.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEMt Pocono, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-MPO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mt Pocono, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPOFIG. C THE WIND AT MT POCONOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMt Pocono, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-18IDSR-MPO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Big Bass Lake

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