Storm Station
El Capitan, Arizona
73°
Mostly clear· Feels like 73°·Light air 4 mph WSW
Partly sunny. High near 82, with temperatures falling to around 79 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
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26%Humidity
33%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest El Capitan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

San Carlos RAWSQSCA3

A remote fire weather station/3.5 mi away/4,442 ft/121 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank210of 403

US-60 @ MP-280.3: Timber CampAZT21

Beside a road/33.0 mi away/5,781 ft/1,218 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank389of 403

measured daily2 instruments

Globe #3GLEA3

At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/3,560 ft/1,003 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Miami 1.1 WAZ-GL-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/3,462 ft/1,101 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at San Carlos RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.5 mi from El Capitan. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:14 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 51.2 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at San Carlos RAWS: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.2, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSCA3FIG. B THE AIR AT SAN CARLOS RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.1 FTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 51.2 FSPREAD 13.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLESan Carlos RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP QSCA3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QSCA3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at San Carlos RAWS, 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 QSCA3FIG. C THE WIND AT SAN CARLOS RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESan Carlos RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP QSCA3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QSCA3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,442 ft above sea level, 15 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.42 inHg and the temperature at 43.2 F; it reports 65.0 F, 21.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where San Carlos RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,442 feet above sea level with 15 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.42 inches of mercury, and temperature, 43.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT QSCA3FIG. D WHERE SAN CARLOS RAWS 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 ATMOSPHERESAN CARLOS RAWS15 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,442 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 HERE25.42 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE43.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED65.0 FTITLESan Carlos RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP QSCA3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-QSCA3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of San Carlos RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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