Yucca GapYCGN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.7 mi away/3,199 ft/398 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 101° after 93° today.
Now. Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is 80° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 66° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 101°, and the coolest Monday, near 82°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 23 mph. Wednesday is hot, 101°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waning crescent, 23% lit, and rises at 2:24 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. 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 40 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Las Vegas (NV), 15 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Mon 8 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 8 instruments nearest Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Yucca GapYCGN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.7 mi away/3,199 ft/398 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW3806FW3806
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/2,432 ft/369 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Pine NutS2144
At a soil climate station/14.4 mi away/6,780 ft/3,979 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Deer CreekDCRNV
Beside a road/15.6 mi away/8,218 ft/5,417 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/16.2 mi away/2,188 ft/613 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mercury 3 SSW53136
At a climate reference station/39.6 mi away/3,284 ft/483 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Las Vegas - Corn Creek DesertDNWN2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/2,922 ft/121 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Las Vegas 8.2 NWNV-CK-96
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/2,960 ft/159 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.