Storm Station
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNE
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 56. North wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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90%Humidity
81%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Basking Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

SomervilleSMQ

At an airfield/8.1 mi away/105 ft/241 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 240

TeetertownCALN4

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.1 mi away/997 ft/651 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank16of 240

measured daily2 instruments

Bernards Twp 2.6 NNENJ-SM-60

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/305 ft/41 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bound Brook 2WBBKN4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/48 ft/298 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Somerville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Basking Ridge. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,400 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Somerville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMQFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOMERVILLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLESomerville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SMQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SMQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 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 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Somerville: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 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 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMQFIG. B THE AIR AT SOMERVILLETHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 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 POINTTITLESomerville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SMQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Somerville, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMQFIG. C THE WIND AT SOMERVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESomerville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SMQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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

Near Basking Ridge

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