Storm Station
Watchung, New Jersey
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Moderate breeze 14 mph N
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 64. North wind 15 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
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93%Humidity
84%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Watchung, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

LindenLDJ

At an airfield/10.7 mi away/23 ft/246 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank198of 240

New Middlesex County RawsDEAN4

A remote fire weather station/16.6 mi away/101 ft/168 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank22of 240

measured daily2 instruments

Watchung 0.8 WNWNJ-SM-77

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/514 ft/245 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Canoe BrookCHMN4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/188 ft/81 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Linden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Watchung. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Linden, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDJFIG. A THE SKY OVER LINDENSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLELinden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LDJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LDJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.5 F with a dew point of 55.8 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Linden: temperature 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.8, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDJFIG. B THE AIR AT LINDENTHE 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 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.5 F, 55.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLELinden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LDJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Linden, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDJFIG. C THE WIND AT LINDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELinden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LDJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Linden, 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 Watchung

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