Storm Station
Volta, California
63° 79°/55°
Clear· Feels like 63°·Light breeze 6 mph WNW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. West northwest wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
39Air quality
47%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
12:30 AM
63feels63
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
7955
17mph
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
8448
13mph
UV 6
clear day
Tue
Sep 29
9457
14mph
UV 6
clear day
Wed
Sep 30
9662
UV 6
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
9865
UV 6
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 2
10168
UV 6
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 3
10369
UV 6
clear day
63°
79°55°
84°48°
94°57°
96°62°
98°65°
101°68°
103°69°

As of 12:30 AM in Volta, California.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Volta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Los Banos RAWSSLRC1

A remote fire weather station/7.5 mi away/318 ft/212 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank194of 3,115

Merced 23 WSW93243

At a climate reference station/9.7 mi away/78 ft/28 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

MercedMCE

At an airfield/26.1 mi away/149 ft/43 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Los BanosLOSC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/128 ft/22 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

South Dos Palos 0.7 SCA-ME-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.9 mi away/119 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Merced, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.1 mi from Volta. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:53 PM 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

67.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 49 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 Merced: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 49 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 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.6 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 20.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 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 north northwest (340 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Merced, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE 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

Elsewhere in California

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Near Volta

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