Storm Station
Orcutt, California
62°
Overcast· Feels like 62°·Gentle breeze 9 mph WNW
Patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
60Air quality
55%Humidity
79%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Orcutt, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Santa Maria PublicSMX

At an airfield/2.3 mi away/240 ft/192 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank44of 3,115

Alert #75CASC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.3 mi away/735 ft/303 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,832of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Santa Maria 1.8 NECA-SB-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/235 ft/197 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Santa Maria Public, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.3 mi from Orcutt. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Santa Maria Public, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMXFIG. A THE SKY OVER SANTA MARIA PUBLICSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLESanta Maria Public, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SMXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SMX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

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.

Chart of the air at Santa Maria Public: 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMXFIG. B THE AIR AT SANTA MARIA PUBLICTHE 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 FTEMPERATURE 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 POINTTITLESanta Maria Public, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SMX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Santa Maria Public, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 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 SMXFIG. C THE WIND AT SANTA MARIA PUBLICPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESanta Maria Public, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SMX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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