Golf courses/Maryland/Gunpowder Golf Course

Gunpowder Golf Course, Maryland

Golf course in Montgomery County, Maryland

56° 69°/60°

Overcast· Feels like 56°·Light breeze 5 mph ENE

Alert. A Test Message is in force for Gunpowder Golf Course until 1:53 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 90% around 11 AM.

Now. Gunpowder Golf Course is 56° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 5 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° by 6 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest Saturday, near 60°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (93%). Rain is possible Friday (41%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 2% lit, and sets at 6:57 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 23 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

31Air quality

85%Humidity

98%Cloud

Now

1:00 AM

56feels56

15%

Today

Oct 11

6960

100%

15mph

Mon

Oct 12

7261

93%

Tue

Oct 13

7856

UV 6

Wed

Oct 14

8064

UV 6

Thu

Oct 15

6958

12%

Fri

Oct 16

7053

41%

12mph

Sat

Oct 17

6050

28%

14mph

56°

69°60°

72°61°

78°56°

80°64°

69°58°

70°53°

60°50°

As of 1:00 AM in Gunpowder Golf Course, Maryland.

Air quality

The air at Gunpowder Golf Course

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Suburban DC (MD), 5 miles off.

31Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good5.4 mi
Ozone31Good32 ppb3.3 mi
Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb3.3 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb3.3 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm3.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 14, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

GoodModerate

28YesterdayOct 10
17TodayOct 11
22MonOct 12
39TueOct 13
28WedOct 14

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gunpowder Golf Course

None in the last 3 days, to Sun 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gunpowder Golf Course, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Sun 5 PM, under a mile for 8 hours.

Golf course

Area: 0.16 sq mi
County: Montgomery County
State: Maryland
Latitude: 39.0887° N
Longitude: 76.9225° W

Course map

Gunpowder Golf Course and the streets round it, north up. The sheet is 7,152 ft across; the bar is 1,500 ft.5,722 ft across; the bar is 1,000 ft. Inside its outline the map files 17 fairways, 18 greens, 26 tees, 15 bunkers and 2 water hazards. Fairways are ruled, greens ruled in blue, bunkers stippled and water in level lines; the course is outlined in blue. Sources

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Gunpowder Golf Course, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Citizen station FW9340FW9340

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/364 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

I 95 S - past MD 212MD003

Beside a road/3.1 mi away/184 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Pheasant Run - Patuxent Env RAWSPREM2

A remote fire weather station/5.8 mi away/215 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Powder MillS2049

At a soil climate station/6.3 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here