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Shadow Lake, Washington

Community in King County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Shadow Lake

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Seattle-Bellevue-Kent Valley (WA), 17 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate14.2 mi
  • Ozone4Good3 ppb15.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good15.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide23Good24.4 ppb15.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb15.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm15.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shadow Lake

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Shadow Lake, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shadow Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Maple Valley 1.4 SSWWA-KG-307

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/500 ft/36 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LandsburgLNBW1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/554 ft/18 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Renton Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.1 mi from Shadow Lake, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Renton Municipal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNTFIG. A THE SKY OVER RENTON MUNICIPALSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERenton Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RNTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Renton Municipal: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNTFIG. B THE AIR AT RENTON MUNICIPALTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.0 F, 51.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLERenton Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNT-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 Renton Municipal, 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 RNTFIG. C THE WIND AT RENTON MUNICIPALPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLERenton Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RNT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Shadow Lake

River and lake gauges