Storm Station
Vandenberg AFB, California
62°
Overcast· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 8 mph NW
Patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 55. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
-UV
60Air quality
73%Humidity
79%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Vandenberg AFB, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Vandenberg RAWSVDBC1

A remote fire weather station/2.6 mi away/1,027 ft/540 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank156of 3,115

Vandenberg AFBVBG

At an airfield/3.0 mi away/367 ft/120 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank213of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

LompocLOMC1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/95 ft/392 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Lompoc 4.9 SCA-SB-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.7 mi away/468 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Vandenberg AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.0 mi from Vandenberg AFB. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:05 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Vandenberg AFB, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VBGFIG. A THE SKY OVER VANDENBERG AFBSECTION, 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 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEVandenberg AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VBGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-VBG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Vandenberg AFB: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VBGFIG. B THE AIR AT VANDENBERG AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 59.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEVandenberg AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VBGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-VBG-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 Vandenberg AFB, 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 VBGFIG. C THE WIND AT VANDENBERG AFBPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEVandenberg AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VBGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-VBG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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