Storm Station
Los Alamos, California
68°
Overcast· Feels like 68°·Gentle breeze 8 mph WNW
Patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 53. North northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
60Air quality
48%Humidity
79%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Los Alamos, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Purisima Hills RAWSPUSC1

A remote fire weather station/6.9 mi away/1,102 ft/523 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,080of 3,115

Lompoc (AWOS)LPC

At an airfield/12.1 mi away/89 ft/490 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank44of 3,115

Santa Barbara 11 W53152

At a climate reference station/32.5 mi away/18 ft/561 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Buellton 0.6 SSECA-SB-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/390 ft/189 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LompocLOMC1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/95 ft/484 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lompoc (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Los Alamos. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lompoc (AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPCFIG. A THE SKY OVER LOMPOC (AWOS)SECTION, 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 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELompoc (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LPCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LPC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Lompoc (AWOS): temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPCFIG. B THE AIR AT LOMPOC (AWOS)THE 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 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLELompoc (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LPCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LPC-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 Lompoc (AWOS), 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 LPCFIG. C THE WIND AT LOMPOC (AWOS)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELompoc (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LPCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LPC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lompoc (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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