Storm Station
Pelican, Alaska
49° 54°/47°
Showers· Feels like 45°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SE
Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 47. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
0UV Low
-Air quality
99%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:30 AM
49feels45
100%
now, showers
Today
Sep 27
5447
100%
13mph
showers
Mon
Sep 28
5146
100%
showers light
Tue
Sep 29
5145
100%
drizzle
Wed
Sep 30
5345
100%
showers light
Thu
Oct 1
4944
85%
drizzle dense
Fri
Oct 2
5641
78%
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
5346
88%
showers light
49°
54°47°
51°46°
51°45°
53°45°
49°44°
56°41°
53°46°

As of 12:30 AM in Pelican, Alaska.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pelican, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Elfin Cove SeaplanePAEL

At an airfield/17.1 mi away/30 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Elfin Cove 11W - Cape SpencerCSPA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.5 mi away/-23 ft/32 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank647of 844

Gustavus 2 NE25380

At a climate reference station/37.4 mi away/20 ft/11 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

PelicanPECA2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/213 ft/204 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Pelican 0.9 NWAK-SB-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/67 ft/58 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Elfin Cove 11W - Cape Spencer, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 22.5 mi from Pelican. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:59 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

47.7 F with a dew point of 8.7 F, 20 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Elfin Cove 11W - Cape Spencer: temperature 47.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 8.7, 20 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSPA2FIG. B THE AIR AT ELFIN COVE 11W - CAPE SPENCERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000-10 F10 F30 F50 FSATURATES 8,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 1.3 FTEMPERATURE 47.7 FDEW POINT 8.7 FSPREAD 39.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 20 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEElfin Cove 11W - Cape Spencer, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CSPA2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CSPA2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Elfin Cove 11W - Cape Spencer, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSPA2FIG. C THE WIND AT ELFIN COVE 11W - CAPE SPENCERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElfin Cove 11W - Cape Spencer, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CSPA2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CSPA2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At -23 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.92 inHg and the temperature at 59.1 F; it reports 47.7 F, 11.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Elfin Cove 11W - Cape Spencer stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station -23 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.92 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSPA2FIG. D WHERE ELFIN COVE 11W - CAPE SPENCER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREELFIN COVE 11W - CAPE SPENCER0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT-23 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.92 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED47.7 FTITLEElfin Cove 11W - Cape Spencer, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CSPA2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CSPA2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Elfin Cove 11W - Cape Spencer, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alaska

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Pelican

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.