Storm Station
Vista Center, New Jersey
56°
Light rain· Feels like 56°·Light breeze 8 mph N
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 66. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
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96%Humidity
87%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Vista Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

JacksonJACN4

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/112 ft/21 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank16of 240

Lakehurst NASNEL

At an airfield/9.1 mi away/102 ft/31 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Jackson Twp 3.7 NNENJ-OC-115

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/113 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FreeholdFRHN4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/177 ft/44 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Jackson, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.4 mi from Vista Center. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:51 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 56.4 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Jackson: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.4, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JACN4FIG. B THE AIR AT JACKSONTHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 56.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEJackson, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP JACN4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JACN4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (348 degrees) at 5 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Jackson, north up: blowing from 348 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JACN4FIG. C THE WIND AT JACKSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 348°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJackson, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP JACN4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JACN4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 112 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.80 inHg and the temperature at 58.6 F; it reports 57.0 F, 1.6 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Jackson stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 112 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.80 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JACN4FIG. D WHERE JACKSON STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREJACKSON0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT112 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.80 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED57.0 FTITLEJackson, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP JACN4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JACN4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Jackson, in 5 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 Vista Center

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