Storm Station
Foresta, California
61° 72°/54°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 61°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NE
Patchy smoke. Partly cloudy. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 56 overnight. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
0UV Low
174Air quality
23%Humidity
66%Cloud
Now
12:30 AM
61feels61
now, partly cloudy
Today
Sep 27
7254
16mph
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
6950
15%
13mph
UV 6
partly cloudy day
Tue
Sep 29
7951
UV 6
clear day
Wed
Sep 30
8457
UV 6
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
8762
UV 6
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
8864
UV 6
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 3
8965
UV 6
clear day
61°
72°54°
69°50°
79°51°
84°57°
87°62°
88°64°
89°65°

As of 12:30 AM in Foresta, California.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Foresta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

El PortalEPWC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/2,203 ft/2,193 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,739of 3,115

Yosemite Village 12 W53150

At a climate reference station/5.3 mi away/6,620 ft/2,224 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Yosemite Park HeadquartersYPQC1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/4,029 ft/367 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Mariposa 7.1 ECA-MP-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.2 mi away/3,210 ft/1,186 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at El Portal, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.6 mi from Foresta. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:17 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 35.2 F, 33 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at El Portal: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.2, 33 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EPWC1FIG. B THE AIR AT EL PORTALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.0 FTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 35.2 FSPREAD 29.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 33 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 POINTTITLEEl Portal, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP EPWC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EPWC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at El Portal, 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 EPWC1FIG. C THE WIND AT EL PORTALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEl Portal, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP EPWC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EPWC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,203 ft above sea level, 8 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.61 inHg and the temperature at 51.1 F; it reports 65.0 F, 13.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where El Portal stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,203 feet above sea level with 8 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.61 inches of mercury, and temperature, 51.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EPWC1FIG. D WHERE EL PORTAL 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 ATMOSPHEREEL PORTAL8 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,203 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 HERE27.61 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE51.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED65.0 FTITLEEl Portal, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP EPWC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EPWC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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