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Lake Cavanaugh, Washington

Community in Skagit County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Lake Cavanaugh

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Mount Vernon (WA), 16 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 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 Lake Cavanaugh

None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Cavanaugh, the next 42 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Sat 5 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lake Cavanaugh, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Arlington 4.3 ENEWA-SN-103

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/304 ft/710 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sedro WoolleySEWW1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/49 ft/965 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Arlington Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Lake Cavanaugh, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Arlington Muni, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ARLINGTON MUNISECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEArlington Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AWOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Arlington Muni: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWOFIG. B THE AIR AT ARLINGTON MUNITHE 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 GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.0 F, 45.0 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 POINTTITLEArlington Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWO-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 Arlington Muni, 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 AWOFIG. C THE WIND AT ARLINGTON MUNIPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEArlington Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Arlington Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

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Near Lake Cavanaugh

River and lake gauges