Storm Station
Southport, Connecticut
60°
Light rain· Feels like 60°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNE
Rain showers before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 67. Northeast wind 17 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
84%Humidity
91%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Southport, 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

Bridgeport/SikorskyBDR

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/16 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 128

measured daily2 instruments

Fairfield 1.5 WSWCT-FR-92

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/30 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

AnsoniaANSC3

At a cooperative observer's station/18.5 mi away/177 ft/168 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bridgeport/Sikorsky, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Southport. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,200 ft, overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Bridgeport/Sikorsky, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDRFIG. A THE SKY OVER BRIDGEPORT/SIKORSKYSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEBridgeport/Sikorsky, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BDRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BDR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Bridgeport/Sikorsky: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDRFIG. B THE AIR AT BRIDGEPORT/SIKORSKYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.0 F, 59.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEBridgeport/Sikorsky, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BDR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 26 mph, gusting 39 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 55 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bridgeport/Sikorsky, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 26 miles an hour, gusting 39; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BDRFIG. C THE WIND AT BRIDGEPORT/SIKORSKYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 39 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBridgeport/Sikorsky, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BDRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BDR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

-in

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Connecticut

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Southport

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.