Storm Station
Tonto Basin, Arizona
79°
Mostly clear· Feels like 79°·Light air 3 mph SSW
Partly sunny. High near 92, with temperatures falling to around 89 in the afternoon. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
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22%Humidity
12%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Tonto Basin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Tonto Basin RAWSTTBA3

A remote fire weather station/1.7 mi away/2,392 ft/27 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank50of 403

PaysonPAN

At an airfield/28.1 mi away/5,157 ft/2,792 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank387of 403

measured daily2 instruments

Tonto Basin 1.5 NEAZ-GL-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/2,398 ft/33 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

RooseveltROOA3

At a cooperative observer's station/17.5 mi away/2,631 ft/266 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Payson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.1 mi from Tonto Basin. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Payson, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PANFIG. A THE SKY OVER PAYSONSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPayson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PANTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Payson: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PANFIG. B THE AIR AT PAYSONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.5 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 46.4 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLEPayson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PANTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Payson, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 2 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PANFIG. C THE WIND AT PAYSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPayson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PANTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Payson, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arizona

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Near Tonto Basin

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