Storm Station
Imperial, California
86° 100°/79°
Overcast· Feels like 84°·Light air 4 mph WNW
Cloudy. Low around 80, with temperatures rising to around 82 overnight. West wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
41Air quality
32%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
12:45 AM
86feels84
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
10079
12%
14mph
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
9874
13%
22mph
UV 7
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
9870
18mph
UV 7
clear day
Wed
Sep 30
10275
UV 7
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
10375
UV 7
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
10481
UV 7
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
10381
UV 7
clear day
86°
100°79°
98°74°
98°70°
102°75°
103°75°
104°81°
103°81°

As of 12:45 AM in Imperial, California.

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Imperial, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

ImperialIPL

At an airfield/0.5 mi away/-49 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 3,115

Roadrunner RAWSRRNC1

A remote fire weather station/23.6 mi away/-246 ft/180 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank156of 3,115

measured daily1 instrument

ImperialIMPC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/-61 ft/5 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Imperial, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 0.5 mi from Imperial. 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 Imperial, 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 IPLFIG. A THE SKY OVER IMPERIALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEImperial, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IPLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IPL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

87.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Imperial: temperature 87.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 29 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IPLFIG. B THE AIR AT IMPERIALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00030 F50 F70 F90 FSATURATES 8,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.2 FTEMPERATURE 87.0 FDEW POINT 51.0 FSPREAD 36.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 29 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 POINTTITLEImperial, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IPLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IPL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Imperial, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IPLFIG. C THE WIND AT IMPERIALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEImperial, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IPLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IPL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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