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Bowers, Pennsylvania

Community in Berks County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Bowers

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 12 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good14.1 mi
  • Ozone27Good37 ppb3.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bowers

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

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 2 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bowers, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lyons 2.6 SEPA-BR-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/930 ft/465 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank794of 1,383

PalmPLMP1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.4 mi away/289 ft/176 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Reading/Spaatz Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Bowers, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:30 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Reading/Spaatz Fld, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDGFIG. A THE SKY OVER READING/SPAATZ FLDSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.5 MI0510TITLEReading/Spaatz Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RDGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Reading/Spaatz Fld: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDGFIG. B THE AIR AT READING/SPAATZ FLDTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.0 FTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEReading/Spaatz Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 344 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.55 inHg and the temperature at 57.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.74 inHg means its barometer reads 29.37 inHg; it reports 68.0 F, 10.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Reading/Spaatz Fld stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 344 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.55 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.74 and the station pressure it means, 29.37.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDGFIG. D WHERE READING/SPAATZ FLD 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 ATMOSPHEREREADING/SPAATZ FLD1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT344 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 HERE29.55 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.74 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.37 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.0 FTITLEReading/Spaatz Fld, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Reading/Spaatz Fld, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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