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Ernest, Pennsylvania

Borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Ernest

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Indiana County (PA), 3 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good14.9 mi
  • Ozone14Good17 ppb14.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Ernest

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ernest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Indiana 3.3 NNEPA-IN-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,238 ft/73 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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IndianaINDP1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/1,171 ft/6 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank28of 1,383

Station report

The weather at Indiana/Stewart Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.3 mi from Ernest, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,700 ft, scattered at 4,500 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Indiana/Stewart Fld, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IDIFIG. A THE SKY OVER INDIANA/STEWART 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIndiana/Stewart Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IDITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IDI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 68.0 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 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Indiana/Stewart Fld: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 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 2,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IDIFIG. B THE AIR AT INDIANA/STEWART 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.8 F, 68.0 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 POINTTITLEIndiana/Stewart Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IDITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IDI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 6 mph, gusting 15 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Indiana/Stewart Fld, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 6 miles an hour, gusting 15; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IDIFIG. C THE WIND AT INDIANA/STEWART FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIndiana/Stewart Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IDITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IDI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Indiana/Stewart Fld, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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