Citizen station GW4058GW4058
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/556 ft/176 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Test Message is in force for Patuxent River State Park until 4:03 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Patuxent River State Park is 43° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest Sunday, near 70°. Rain is possible Sunday (36%) and Monday (49%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 16% lit, and rises at 3:51 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 35 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Patuxent River State Park, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Suburban DC (MD), 14 miles off.
Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Wed 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Wed 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 7 instruments nearest Patuxent River State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station GW4058GW4058
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/556 ft/176 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
I-70 at MD-32MD052
Beside a road/7.4 mi away/520 ft/140 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
GaithersburgGAI
At an airfield/7.6 mi away/539 ft/159 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tenmile Creek Precip Gage At Clarksburg391407077174001
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.8 mi away/599 ft/219 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Powder MillS2049
At a soil climate station/18.8 mi away/105 ft/275 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Glenwood 1.2 SSWMD-HW-47
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/495 ft/115 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Damascus 3 SSWDMAM2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/676 ft/296 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.