Storm Station
La Luz, New Mexico
78°
Clear· Feels like 78°·Light air 4 mph W
Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. East wind around 5 mph.
-UV
34Air quality
32%Humidity
5%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest La Luz, 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

Alamogordo-WhiteALM

At an airfield/9.6 mi away/4,196 ft/497 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank262of 345

Mescalero RAWSMSCN5

A remote fire weather station/14.9 mi away/6,188 ft/1,495 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank14of 345

measured daily2 instruments

La Luz 0.4 WNM-OT-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/4,695 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mountain ParkMTPN5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/6,854 ft/2,161 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Alamogordo-White, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from La Luz. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Alamogordo-White, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALAMOGORDO-WHITESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlamogordo-White, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ALM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Alamogordo-White: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. B THE AIR AT ALAMOGORDO-WHITETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.7 FTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 53.6 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEAlamogordo-White, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ALM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 4,196 ft above sea level, 14 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.65 inHg and the temperature at 44.0 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.14 inHg means its barometer reads 25.84 inHg; it reports 66.2 F, 22.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Alamogordo-White stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,196 feet above sea level with 14 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.65 inches of mercury, and temperature, 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.14 and the station pressure it means, 25.84.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALMFIG. D WHERE ALAMOGORDO-WHITE 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 ATMOSPHEREALAMOGORDO-WHITE14 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,196 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 HERE25.65 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE44.0 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.14 inHgITS BAROMETER READS25.84 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED66.2 FTITLEAlamogordo-White, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ALM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Alamogordo-White, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

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

Near La Luz

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