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Birchwood Lakes, Pennsylvania

Community in Pike County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Birchwood Lakes

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Delaware Water Gap (NJ), 18 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good24.6 mi
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Birchwood Lakes

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Birchwood Lakes, the next 42 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Birchwood Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Loch LomondLOLP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/886 ft/194 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank237of 1,383

Mt PoconoMPO

At an airfield/25.6 mi away/1,893 ft/813 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank578of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Milford 6.1 WPA-PK-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/1,360 ft/280 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CanadensisCNDP1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.6 mi away/1,198 ft/118 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mt Pocono, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.6 mi from Birchwood Lakes, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:18 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Mt Pocono, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.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 SHEETOVC 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEMt Pocono, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MPOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Mt Pocono: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mt Pocono, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 9 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 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMt Pocono, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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

Near Birchwood Lakes

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

Near Birchwood Lakes

River and lake gauges