At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Playpen
Now. Playpen is 71° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 60° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 86°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 64°. Rain is possible Tuesday (30%). The windiest day is Monday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:40 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Playpen, California.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Concord (CA), 14 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing ESE 121°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The 6 instruments nearest Playpen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
SR-12 - SR-160CF105
Beside a road/8.9 mi away/-6 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/15.3 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Antioch 0.9 SSWCA-CC-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/206 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/3,102 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.