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Elk Mountain, Wyoming

Town in Carbon County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Elk Mountain

Index 50, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Medicine Bow National Forest (WY), 24 miles off.

50Good
  • Ozone50Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elk Mountain

None in the last 24 hours; 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.52in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elk Mountain, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Elk Mountain, WyomingReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elk Mountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Elk MountainEHY

At an airfield/3.5 mi away/7,300 ft/32 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Pass Creek Near Elk MountainPSKW4

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.2 mi away/7,257 ft/11 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Police DeptMBOW4

At a cooperative observer's station/18.4 mi away/6,562 ft/706 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at County Road 402 by Elk Mountain, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.5 mi from Elk Mountain, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:26 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over County Road 402 by Elk Mountain, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY20FIG. A THE SKY OVER COUNTY ROAD 402 BY ELK MOUNTAINSECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLECounty Road 402 by Elk Mountain, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS WY20TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY20-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

28.4 F with a dew point of 17.8 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at County Road 402 by Elk Mountain: temperature 28.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 17.8, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY20FIG. B THE AIR AT COUNTY ROAD 402 BY ELK MOUNTAINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 15.6 FTEMPERATURE 28.4 FDEW POINT 17.8 FSPREAD 10.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLECounty Road 402 by Elk Mountain, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY20TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY20-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (211 degrees) at 11 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at County Road 402 by Elk Mountain, north up: blowing from 211 degrees, the south southwest, at 11 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY20FIG. C THE WIND AT COUNTY ROAD 402 BY ELK MOUNTAINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 211°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECounty Road 402 by Elk Mountain, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY20TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY20-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of County Road 402 by Elk Mountain, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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