Rocky Basin-Settleme SnotelRBSU1
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.0 mi away/8,900 ft/2,410 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Ophir is 43° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 60°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 54°. Rain is likely Wednesday (53%). Rain is possible Tuesday (43%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:51 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Ophir, Utah.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Tooele (UT), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Ophir, UtahReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Ophir, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rocky Basin-Settleme SnotelRBSU1
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.0 mi away/8,900 ft/2,410 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR-73 @ MP 8.8 West MercurUTWMR
Beside a road/5.2 mi away/5,472 ft/1,018 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW2863GW2863
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.2 mi away/4,996 ft/1,494 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
GrantsvilleS2152
At a soil climate station/16.9 mi away/4,337 ft/2,153 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
TooeleTVY
At an airfield/17.5 mi away/4,300 ft/2,190 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Stockton 0.6 NWUT-TL-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/5,087 ft/1,403 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Provo - FairfieldFAFU1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/4,892 ft/1,598 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.5 mi from Ophir, Utah. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
48.2 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.
From the south (190 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Tooele, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
26 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.