Citizen station EW1948EW1948
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/514 ft/88 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 90° after 81° today.
Now. Mastodon State Historic Site is 52° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Thursday, near 83°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 3:48 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 36 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Mastodon State Historic Site, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, St. Louis (Metro-east) (IL), 27 miles off.
Highest moderate, Wed Oct 7, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Thu 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Tue 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Thu 1 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Mastodon State Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW1948EW1948
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/514 ft/88 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
St Louis - Missouri Botanical GardensMBGM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.6 mi away/509 ft/83 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Shaw Nature ReserveS2227
At a soil climate station/23.4 mi away/623 ft/197 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/23.7 mi away/463 ft/37 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Arnold 2.3 SMO-JF-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/525 ft/99 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Imperial 3NWIMPM7
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/509 ft/83 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.