Storm Station
Phippsburg, Colorado
59°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 59°·Light breeze 5 mph W
A slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
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44%Humidity
52%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Phippsburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Walton PeakC07

At an airfield/15.5 mi away/10,534 ft/3,084 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank976of 1,384

Steamboat Springs (5)CO102

Beside a road/17.0 mi away/6,751 ft/699 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,224of 1,384

measured daily2 instruments

Phippsburg 0.5 WSWCO-RT-55

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/7,455 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Steamboat SpringsSBTC2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.3 mi away/6,739 ft/711 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Walton Peak, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Phippsburg. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Walton Peak, 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 C07FIG. A THE SKY OVER WALTON PEAKSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWalton Peak, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C07TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-C07-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Walton Peak: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C07FIG. B THE AIR AT WALTON PEAKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.5 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEWalton Peak, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C07TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-C07-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 10,534 ft above sea level, 33 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 20.15 inHg and the temperature at 21.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.53 inHg means its barometer reads 20.56 inHg; it reports 44.6 F, 23.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Walton Peak stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 10,534 feet above sea level with 33 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 20.15 inches of mercury, and temperature, 21.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.53 and the station pressure it means, 20.56.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C07FIG. D WHERE WALTON PEAK STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREWALTON PEAK33 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT10,534 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE20.15 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE21.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.53 inHgITS BAROMETER READS20.56 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED44.6 FTITLEWalton Peak, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS C07TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-C07-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Walton Peak, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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