Elk River AT Elk City LakeECLK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/797 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Elk City State Park Beach is 47° and clear at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 2 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 Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Elk City State Park Beach, Kansas.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 34 miles off.
Yesterday measured 19, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
0.39 in in the last 24 hours, 2.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Elk City State Park Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Elk River AT Elk City LakeECLK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/797 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
IndependenceIDP
At an airfield/6.5 mi away/823 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/25.8 mi away/1,000 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
IndependenceINDK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/810 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Independence 1.0 SEKS-MG-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/798 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.