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Ballard, Utah

Town in Uintah County, Utah

Air quality

The air at Ballard

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Roosevelt (UT), 3 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone7Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 12 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ballard

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ballard, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 12 AM.

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On the radar over Ballard, UtahReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ballard, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Roosevelt74V

At an airfield/5.1 mi away/5,146 ft/90 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Uintah RAWSUINU1

A remote fire weather station/5.6 mi away/5,016 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank149of 997

Little Red FoxS2155

At a soil climate station/20.1 mi away/5,395 ft/339 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank478of 997

measured daily2 instruments

Radio Station KneuROSU1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/5,020 ft/36 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Myton 1.3 NNEUT-DC-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/5,081 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Uintah RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.6 mi from Ballard, Utah. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 4:31 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

34.0 F with a dew point of 32.7 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Uintah RAWS: temperature 34.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.7, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UINU1FIG. B THE AIR AT UINTAH RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.4 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 34.0 F, 32.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEUintah RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP UINU1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-UINU1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Uintah RAWS, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UINU1FIG. C THE WIND AT UINTAH RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEUintah RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP UINU1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-UINU1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,016 ft above sea level, 17 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.88 inHg and the temperature at 41.1 F; it reports 34.0 F, 7.1 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Uintah RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,016 feet above sea level with 17 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.88 inches of mercury, and temperature, 41.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UINU1FIG. D WHERE UINTAH RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREUINTAH RAWS17 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,016 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 HERE24.88 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE41.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED34.0 FTITLEUintah RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP UINU1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-UINU1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Uintah RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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