Citizen station GW6177GW6177
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/648 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Milnot Beach until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Milnot Beach is 46° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:16 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Milnot Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Springfield (IL), 44 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Milnot Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW6177GW6177
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/648 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Litchfield3LF
At an airfield/4.5 mi away/689 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 @ IL-140SS0493
Beside a road/27.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mississippi River At Alton IlALOI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/37.8 mi away/423 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Litchfield 0.7 NNEIL-MY-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/692 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HillsboroHLBI2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/653 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.