Storm Station
Sharptown, Maryland
59°
Light rain· Feels like 59°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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83%Humidity
91%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sharptown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-50 at MD-331MD038

Beside a road/7.4 mi away/10 ft/16 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank228of 402

CambridgeCGE

At an airfield/16.9 mi away/19 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 402

Powellville 3Wnw RawsPWLM2

A remote fire weather station/20.9 mi away/0 ft/26 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank26of 402

measured daily2 instruments

Delmar 7.2 WMD-WC-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/33 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Salisbury 2NSLYM2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/39 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cambridge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.9 mi from Sharptown. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,300 ft, overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Cambridge, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CGEFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAMBRIDGESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLECambridge, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CGETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CGE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Cambridge: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CGEFIG. B THE AIR AT CAMBRIDGETHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 57.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLECambridge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CGETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CGE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cambridge, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CGEFIG. C THE WIND AT CAMBRIDGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECambridge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CGETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CGE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Maryland

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

Near Sharptown

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