Storm Station
Thornton, Colorado
68°
Mostly clear· Feels like 68°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Mostly cloudy. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 56 overnight. West wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
25%Humidity
14%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Thornton, 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 now4 instruments

ErieEIK

At an airfield/8.6 mi away/5,130 ft/122 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank934of 1,384

Boulder 14 W94075

At a climate reference station/32.4 mi away/9,828 ft/4,576 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Thornton 1.1 NCO-AD-253

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/5,297 ft/45 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Westminster 5NeWSMC2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/5,340 ft/88 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Erie, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Thornton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Erie, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EIKFIG. A THE SKY OVER ERIESECTION, 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 FTFEW 12,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEErie, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EIKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EIK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

52.5 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Erie: temperature 52.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EIKFIG. B THE AIR AT ERIETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 52.5 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 13.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLEErie, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EIKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EIK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Erie, 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 EIKFIG. C THE WIND AT ERIEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEErie, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EIKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EIK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Westminster 5Ne (WSMC2), 3.6 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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Near Thornton

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