Storm Station
Catheys Valley, California
76°
Mostly clear· Feels like 76°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Mostly clear. Low around 62, with temperatures rising to around 64 overnight. Northeast wind around 0 mph.
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156Air quality
27%Humidity
31%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Catheys Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Catheys Valley RAWSCVBC1

A remote fire weather station/2.4 mi away/1,234 ft/188 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank648of 3,115

MercedMCE

At an airfield/24.2 mi away/149 ft/1,273 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 3,115

Yosemite Village 12 W53150

At a climate reference station/27.3 mi away/6,620 ft/5,198 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Mariposa 3.7 NNWCA-MP-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.3 mi away/2,942 ft/1,520 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Exchequer DamEXQC1

At a dam/13.2 mi away/827 ft/595 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Merced, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.2 mi from Catheys Valley. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:53 PM 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 Merced, 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 MCEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MERCEDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMerced, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MCE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Merced: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCEFIG. B THE AIR AT MERCEDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.6 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 20.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 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 POINTTITLEMerced, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MCE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Merced, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCEFIG. C THE WIND AT MERCEDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMerced, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MCE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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