Storm Station
Amherst, Colorado
72°
Clear· Feels like 72°·Light air 4 mph N
Mostly cloudy. Low around 53, with temperatures rising to around 55 overnight. West southwest wind around 3 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
43%Humidity
2%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Amherst, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

HolyokeHEQ

At an airfield/9.6 mi away/3,730 ft/38 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank927of 1,384

Holyoke (51)CO048

Beside a road/16.5 mi away/3,747 ft/55 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Amherst 2.0 NNWCO-PH-57

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/3,709 ft/17 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HolyokeHOLC2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/3,773 ft/81 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Holyoke, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from Amherst. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Holyoke, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEQFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOLYOKESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEHolyoke, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HEQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HEQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

56.5 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Holyoke: temperature 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEQFIG. B THE AIR AT HOLYOKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 56.5 FDEW POINT 53.0 FSPREAD 3.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEHolyoke, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HEQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HEQ-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 Holyoke, 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 HEQFIG. C THE WIND AT HOLYOKEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHolyoke, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HEQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HEQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Holyoke (HOLC2), 13.2 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Amherst

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