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Medicine Bow, Wyoming

Town in Carbon County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Medicine Bow

Index 42, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Medicine Bow National Forest (WY), 37 miles off.

42Good
  • Ozone42Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Medicine Bow

None in the last 24 hours; 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. 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 Medicine Bow, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 PM.

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On the radar over Medicine Bow, WyomingReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Medicine Bow, 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 MountainWY19

Beside a road/17.8 mi away/7,384 ft/823 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank667of 971

Elk MountainEHY

At an airfield/17.9 mi away/7,300 ft/739 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Police DeptMBOW4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/6,562 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Medicine Bow 14.1 ENEWY-AB-217

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.2 mi away/6,776 ft/215 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Elk Mountain, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 17.8 mi from Medicine Bow, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:42 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over 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 WY19FIG. A THE SKY OVER 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 MI0510TITLEElk Mountain, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS WY19TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY19-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 25.7 F, 36 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Elk Mountain: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.7, 36 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY19FIG. B THE AIR AT 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 20.3 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 25.7 FSPREAD 26.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 36 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 POINTTITLEElk Mountain, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY19TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY19-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (262 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 19 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 19 mph.

Plan of the wind at Elk Mountain, north up: blowing from 262 degrees, the west, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 19; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY19FIG. C THE WIND AT ELK MOUNTAINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 262°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 19 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElk Mountain, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY19TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY19-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

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

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Snow on the ground

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