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Opal, Wyoming

Town in Lincoln County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Opal

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Moxa Arch (WY), 27 miles off.

22Good
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Opal

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Opal, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 12 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Opal, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

KemmererEMM

At an airfield/12.6 mi away/7,276 ft/632 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 971

Kemmerer - DcpKMEW4

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.0 mi away/7,011 ft/367 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank133of 971

measured daily2 instruments

Kemmerer - COOPKMRW4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/6,950 ft/306 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Lyman 12 NNEWY-UN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.9 mi away/6,381 ft/263 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Kemmerer, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.6 mi from Opal, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 AM 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 Kemmerer, 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 EMMFIG. A THE SKY OVER KEMMERERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEKemmerer, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EMMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EMM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

35.6 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kemmerer: temperature 35.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EMMFIG. B THE AIR AT KEMMERERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.0 FTEMPERATURE 35.6 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEKemmerer, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EMMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EMM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kemmerer, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EMMFIG. C THE WIND AT KEMMERERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKemmerer, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EMMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EMM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kemmerer, 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 Opal

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