Storm Station
Russell, Massachusetts
56°
Light rain· Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNE
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 54. Northeast wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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90%Humidity
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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Russell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Westfield/BarnesBAF

At an airfield/7.6 mi away/272 ft/415 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank10of 197

HolyokeMA027

Beside a road/11.4 mi away/403 ft/284 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank143of 197

measured daily2 instruments

Russell 0.9 WMA-HD-70

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/736 ft/49 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Westfield 3 SWWSTM3

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/433 ft/254 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Westfield/Barnes, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Russell. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Westfield/Barnes, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BAFFIG. A THE SKY OVER WESTFIELD/BARNESSECTION, 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 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWestfield/Barnes, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BAFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BAF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 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 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Westfield/Barnes: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 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 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BAFFIG. B THE AIR AT WESTFIELD/BARNESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 55.0 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 POINTTITLEWestfield/Barnes, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BAFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BAF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Westfield/Barnes, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BAFFIG. C THE WIND AT WESTFIELD/BARNESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWestfield/Barnes, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BAFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BAF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

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

Near Russell

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