Storm Station
Paonia, Colorado
67°
Mostly clear· Feels like 67°·Light breeze 5 mph WSW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
26%Humidity
12%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Paonia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Montrose 11 ENE03060

At a climate reference station/23.3 mi away/8,402 ft/2,719 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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DeltaAJZ

At an airfield/26.0 mi away/5,159 ft/524 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank929of 1,384

measured daily2 instruments

Paonia 0.3 SCO-DL-41

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/5,761 ft/78 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Hotchkiss 5WNWHCHC2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/5,781 ft/98 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Delta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.0 mi from Paonia. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 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 Delta, 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 AJZFIG. A THE SKY OVER DELTASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDelta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AJZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AJZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

52.3 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Delta: temperature 52.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AJZFIG. B THE AIR AT DELTATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.8 FTEMPERATURE 52.3 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 7.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEDelta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AJZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AJZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Delta, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AJZFIG. C THE WIND AT DELTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDelta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AJZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AJZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Hotchkiss 5WNW (HCHC2), 12.0 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 06:20. measured daily

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