Storm Station
Big Bear City, California
67°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 67°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SW
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
-UV
40Air quality
26%Humidity
47%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Big Bear City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Big Bear CityL35

At an airfield/1.4 mi away/6,752 ft/191 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,111of 3,115

FawnskinFWSC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/6,952 ft/9 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,055of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Big Bear City 0.4 WCA-SR-98

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/6,777 ft/166 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Big Bear LakeBBLC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/6,804 ft/139 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fawnskin, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.8 mi from Big Bear City. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:34 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 28.5 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fawnskin: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.5, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWSC1FIG. B THE AIR AT FAWNSKINTHE 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 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 7,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.1 FTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 28.5 FSPREAD 31.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 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 POINTTITLEFawnskin, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP FWSC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FWSC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (157 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 8 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fawnskin, north up: blowing from 157 degrees, the south southeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 8; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWSC1FIG. C THE WIND AT FAWNSKINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 157°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFawnskin, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP FWSC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FWSC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 6,952 ft above sea level, 23 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 23.13 inHg and the temperature at 34.2 F; it reports 60.0 F, 25.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Fawnskin stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 6,952 feet above sea level with 23 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 23.13 inches of mercury, and temperature, 34.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWSC1FIG. D WHERE FAWNSKIN 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 ATMOSPHEREFAWNSKIN23 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT6,952 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 HERE23.13 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE34.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED60.0 FTITLEFawnskin, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP FWSC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FWSC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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