Storm Station
Salton Sea Beach, California
83°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 81°·Gentle breeze 9 mph E
Mostly cloudy. High near 95, with temperatures falling to around 91 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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31%Humidity
44%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Salton Sea Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Kent Sea FarmsKSFC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.0 mi away/-213 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,243of 3,127

Thermal AirportTRM

At an airfield/19.3 mi away/-121 ft/96 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank40of 3,127

measured daily2 instruments

Mecca Fire StationMCAC1

At a fire lookout or ranger station/14.0 mi away/-184 ft/33 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Borrego Springs 3.4 NWCA-SD-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.8 mi away/637 ft/854 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Thermal Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.3 mi from Salton Sea Beach. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:52 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 Thermal Airport, 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 TRMFIG. A THE SKY OVER THERMAL AIRPORTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEThermal Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TRMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TRM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Thermal Airport: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRMFIG. B THE AIR AT THERMAL AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.5 FTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 56.0 FSPREAD 20.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 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 POINTTITLEThermal Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TRM-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 Thermal Airport, 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 TRMFIG. C THE WIND AT THERMAL AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEThermal Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TRM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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