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Ridgway, Pennsylvania

Borough in Elk County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Ridgway

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Indiana County (PA), 54 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good23.4 mi
  • Ozone15Good20 ppb23.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Ridgway

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgway, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ridgway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

St MarysOYM

At an airfield/11.9 mi away/1,900 ft/528 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Ridgway 0.6 NEPA-EL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,439 ft/67 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RidgwayRDWP1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/1,375 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,379of 1,383

Station report

The weather at SR219 & SR6, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 19.8 mi from Ridgway, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:40 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over SR219 & SR6, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PA015FIG. A THE SKY OVER SR219 & SR6SECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESR219 & SR6, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS PA015TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PA015-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

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.

Chart of the air at SR219 & SR6: 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PA015FIG. B THE AIR AT SR219 & SR6THE 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 FTEMPERATURE 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 POINTTITLESR219 & SR6, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS PA015TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PA015-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (173 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at SR219 & SR6, north up: blowing from 173 degrees, the south, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PA015FIG. C THE WIND AT SR219 & SR6PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 173°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESR219 & SR6, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS PA015TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PA015-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of SR219 & SR6, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Ridgway (RDWP1), 1.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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

Near Ridgway

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

Near Ridgway

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