Storm Station
Salton City, California
100°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 97°·Light breeze 6 mph E
Cloudy. Low around 81, with temperatures rising to around 83 overnight. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
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21%Humidity
57%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Salton City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 14.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Mecca - Dos Palmas RAWSDPMC1

A remote fire weather station/14.6 mi away/-92 ft/65 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,058of 3,115

Borrego SpringsL08

At an airfield/20.8 mi away/525 ft/682 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,778of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Ocotillo Wells 2WOCTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/16.4 mi away/387 ft/544 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Borrego Springs 1.4 WCA-SD-188

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.3 mi away/607 ft/764 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Borrego Springs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.8 mi from Salton City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:15 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 Borrego Springs, 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 L08FIG. A THE SKY OVER BORREGO SPRINGSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBorrego Springs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS L08TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-L08-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

86.0 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 19 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Borrego Springs: temperature 86.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 19 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT L08FIG. B THE AIR AT BORREGO SPRINGSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00020 F40 F60 F80 F100 FSATURATES 10,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.6 FTEMPERATURE 86.0 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 46.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 19 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 POINTTITLEBorrego Springs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS L08TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-L08-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Borrego Springs, 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 L08FIG. C THE WIND AT BORREGO SPRINGSPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBorrego Springs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS L08TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-L08-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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