Storm Station
Charleston View, California
91°
Mostly clear· Feels like 87°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Mostly cloudy. Low around 69, with temperatures rising to around 71 overnight. East southeast wind around 2 mph.
-UV
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17%Humidity
13%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 2 instruments nearest Charleston View, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Horse Thief Springs RAWSHTSC1

A remote fire weather station/13.6 mi away/5,131 ft/2,509 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank220of 3,118

Death Valley JctS2190

At a soil climate station/35.5 mi away/2,062 ft/560 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Horse Thief Springs RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 13.6 mi from Charleston View. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:51 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 30.9 F, 25 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Horse Thief Springs RAWS: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.9, 25 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTSC1FIG. B THE AIR AT HORSE THIEF SPRINGS RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F30 F50 F70 FSATURATES 8,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.3 FTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 30.9 FSPREAD 37.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 25 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 POINTTITLEHorse Thief Springs RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP HTSC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HTSC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (355 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 4 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 7 mph.

Plan of the wind at Horse Thief Springs RAWS, north up: blowing from 355 degrees, the north, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 4; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTSC1FIG. C THE WIND AT HORSE THIEF SPRINGS RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 355°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHorse Thief Springs RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP HTSC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HTSC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 5,131 ft above sea level, 17 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 24.77 inHg and the temperature at 40.7 F; it reports 68.0 F, 27.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Horse Thief Springs RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 5,131 feet above sea level with 17 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 24.77 inches of mercury, and temperature, 40.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTSC1FIG. D WHERE HORSE THIEF SPRINGS RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREHORSE THIEF SPRINGS RAWS17 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT5,131 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 HERE24.77 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE40.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.0 FTITLEHorse Thief Springs RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP HTSC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HTSC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Horse Thief Springs RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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