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The Escape, Pennsylvania

Community in Pike County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at The Escape

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre (PA), 22 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good17 mi
  • Ozone21Good22 ppb15.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 The Escape

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at The Escape, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest The Escape, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Mt PoconoMPO

At an airfield/16.3 mi away/1,893 ft/554 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank578of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Ariel 1.9 SEPA-WN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/1,414 ft/75 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CanadensisCNDP1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/1,198 ft/141 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mt Pocono, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.3 mi from The Escape, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:00 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mt Pocono, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMt 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

51.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Mt Pocono: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 (160 degrees) at 10 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 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 10 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 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 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 The Escape

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

Near The Escape

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