Storm Station
Buellton, California
73°
Overcast· Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 11 mph WNW
Patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 56. North northwest wind around 5 mph.
-UV
52Air quality
46%Humidity
79%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Buellton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Santa YnezIZA

At an airfield/6.9 mi away/673 ft/310 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,807of 3,115

Gaviota RAWSGVTC1

A remote fire weather station/9.1 mi away/778 ft/415 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank546of 3,115

Santa Barbara 11 W53152

At a climate reference station/23.4 mi away/18 ft/345 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Buellton 0.7 SCA-SB-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/363 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cachuma LakeCCAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/715 ft/352 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Santa Ynez, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.9 mi from Buellton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Santa Ynez, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IZAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SANTA YNEZSECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLESanta Ynez, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IZATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IZA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Santa Ynez: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IZAFIG. B THE AIR AT SANTA YNEZTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 57.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLESanta Ynez, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IZATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IZA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Santa Ynez, 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 IZAFIG. C THE WIND AT SANTA YNEZPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESanta Ynez, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IZATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IZA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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