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Branchdale, Pennsylvania

Community in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Branchdale

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Lehigh Valley (PA), 38 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Branchdale

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Branchdale, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Branchdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Minersville 0.2 WPA-SC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/728 ft/82 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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NataliePOPP1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/915 ft/105 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pottsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.6 mi from Branchdale, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Pottsville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ZERFIG. A THE SKY OVER POTTSVILLESECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEPottsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ZERTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ZER-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Pottsville: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ZERFIG. B THE AIR AT POTTSVILLETHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.4 F, 53.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEPottsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ZERTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ZER-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pottsville, north up: blowing from 160 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 ZERFIG. C THE WIND AT POTTSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPottsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ZERTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ZER-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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