Storm Station
Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, California
55°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 55°·Light air 2 mph S
Patchy fog and a slight chance of drizzle before noon. Partly sunny. High near 66, with temperatures falling to around 64 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 1 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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94%Humidity
67%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Corralitos RAWSCTOC1

A remote fire weather station/2.8 mi away/295 ft/43 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank617of 3,127

WatsonvilleWVI

At an airfield/3.0 mi away/163 ft/175 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 3,127

measured daily2 instruments

Watsonville 4.4 NWCA-SZ-57

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/399 ft/61 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Watsonville WaterworksWVIC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/102 ft/236 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Watsonville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.0 mi from Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Watsonville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WVIFIG. A THE SKY OVER WATSONVILLESECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWatsonville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS WVITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WVI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Watsonville: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WVIFIG. B THE AIR AT WATSONVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 51.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEWatsonville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS WVITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WVI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Watsonville, 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 WVIFIG. C THE WIND AT WATSONVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEWatsonville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS WVITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WVI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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