Storm Station
Ferndale, California
52° 63°/51°
Overcast· Feels like 52°·Light air 3 mph SW
Patchy fog between 2am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. West northwest wind around 2 mph.
0UV Low
38Air quality
85%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:45 AM
52feels52
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
6351
12mph
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
6552
partly cloudy day
Tue
Sep 29
6850
fog
Wed
Sep 30
7253
fog
Thu
Oct 1
7352
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6951
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7752
overcast
52°
63°51°
65°52°
68°50°
72°53°
73°52°
69°51°
77°52°

As of 12:45 AM in Ferndale, California.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Ferndale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

FortunaFOT

At an airfield/7.0 mi away/369 ft/324 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,822of 3,115

Kneeland RAWSKNNC1

A remote fire weather station/20.1 mi away/2,684 ft/2,639 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank754of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Ferndale 1.0 WCA-HM-130

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/57 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ScotiaSCTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/138 ft/93 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fortuna, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.0 mi from Ferndale. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:10 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fortuna, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOTFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORTUNASECTION, 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFortuna, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Fortuna: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOTFIG. B THE AIR AT FORTUNATHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEFortuna, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FOT-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 Fortuna, 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 FOTFIG. C THE WIND AT FORTUNAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEFortuna, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FOT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ferndale

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.