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Big Lake, Washington

Community in Skagit County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Big Lake

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Mount Vernon (WA), 5 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good5.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Big Lake, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Big Lake, WashingtonReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Big Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sedro WoolleySEWW1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/49 ft/243 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Burlington/Mt_Ve, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.4 mi from Big Lake, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 1 mi.

Section of the sky over Burlington/Mt_Ve, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 1 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVSFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTON/MT_VESECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1 MI0510TITLEBurlington/Mt_Ve, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BVSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Burlington/Mt_Ve: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVSFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTON/MT_VETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 44.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEBurlington/Mt_Ve, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Burlington/Mt_Ve, 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 BVSFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTON/MT_VEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington/Mt_Ve, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Burlington/Mt_Ve, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

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

Near Big Lake

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

Near Big Lake

River and lake gauges