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Rock River, Wyoming

Town in Albany County, Wyoming

Air quality

The air at Rock River

Index 46, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Medicine Bow National Forest (WY), 29 miles off.

46Good
  • Ozone46Good-

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rock River

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.72in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rock River, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rock River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Elk MountainEHY

At an airfield/24.9 mi away/7,300 ft/401 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Rock River 0.8 NNEWY-AB-113

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/6,901 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Police DeptMBOW4

At a cooperative observer's station/15.8 mi away/6,562 ft/337 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Cooper Cove by Arlington, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.5 mi from Rock River, Wyoming. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:26 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Cooper Cove by Arlington, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY24FIG. A THE SKY OVER COOPER COVE BY ARLINGTONSECTION, 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 MI0510TITLECooper Cove by Arlington, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS WY24TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY24-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

30.2 F with a dew point of 26.5 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cooper Cove by Arlington: temperature 30.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.5, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY24FIG. B THE AIR AT COOPER COVE BY ARLINGTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.7 FTEMPERATURE 30.2 FDEW POINT 26.5 FSPREAD 3.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLECooper Cove by Arlington, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY24TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY24-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (294 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 13 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cooper Cove by Arlington, north up: blowing from 294 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 13; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY24FIG. C THE WIND AT COOPER COVE BY ARLINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 294°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECooper Cove by Arlington, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY24TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WY24-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

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

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Snow on the ground

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Rock River

River and lake gauges