Storm Station
Los Banos, California
64°
Mostly clear· Feels like 64°·Light breeze 6 mph WNW
Partly cloudy. Low around 56, with temperatures rising to around 58 overnight. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
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55%Humidity
29%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Los Banos, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Merced 23 WSW93243

At a climate reference station/11.4 mi away/78 ft/33 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

MercedMCE

At an airfield/23.2 mi away/149 ft/38 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 3,123

Monocline RidgeS2217

At a soil climate station/39.5 mi away/875 ft/764 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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measured daily2 instruments

Los BanosLOSC1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/128 ft/17 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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South Dos Palos 0.7 SCA-ME-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.9 mi away/119 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Merced, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.2 mi from Los Banos. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:53 AM 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 Merced, 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 MCEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MERCEDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMerced, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MCE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Merced: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCEFIG. B THE AIR AT MERCEDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.3 FTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEMerced, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MCE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Merced, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCEFIG. C THE WIND AT MERCEDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMerced, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MCE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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