At a river or reservoir gauge/6.5 mi away/223 ft/94 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/California/Turlock Lake State Recreation Area
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Turlock Lake State Recreation Area until 10 PM Friday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Turlock Lake State Recreation Area is 77° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 68° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 99°, and the coolest Sunday, near 79°. The days ahead look dry. Wednesday is hot, 99°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waning crescent, 22% lit, and rises at 2:44 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 40 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Turlock Lake State Recreation Area, California.
Air quality
Index 62, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Modesto (CA), 22 miles off.
Unhealthy for sensitive groups each day through Tue Oct 6, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 129, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Mon 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 7 instruments nearest Turlock Lake State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.5 mi away/223 ft/94 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/17.1 mi away/124 ft/5 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW4205GW4205
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.3 mi away/159 ft/30 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/17.4 mi away/187 ft/58 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Merced 23 WSW93243
At a climate reference station/32.1 mi away/78 ft/51 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Tracy CarbonaTRAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/784 ft/655 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Oakdale 4.2 ENECA-SS-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.7 mi away/232 ft/103 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.