Storm Station
Skowhegan, Maine
62°
Light rain· Feels like 62°·Gentle breeze 8 mph NE
A chance of rain before 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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52%Humidity
96%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Skowhegan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sandy River AT MercerMERM1

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.7 mi away/272 ft/92 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank148of 157

Waterville (AWOS)WVL

At an airfield/16.4 mi away/331 ft/151 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 157

EtnaME009

Beside a road/30.0 mi away/299 ft/119 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Skowhegan 3.8 SME-SM-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/497 ft/317 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Madison 4WMADM1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/299 ft/119 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Waterville (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Skowhegan. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 4,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waterville (AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 4,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER WATERVILLE (AWOS)SECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaterville (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS WVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Waterville (AWOS): temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WVLFIG. B THE AIR AT WATERVILLE (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,900 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 51.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEWaterville (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS WVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WVL-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 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waterville (AWOS), north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WVLFIG. C THE WIND AT WATERVILLE (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaterville (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS WVLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Waterville (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Maine

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Near Skowhegan

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