Storm Station
Watrous, New Mexico
52° 75°/49°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 52°·Light breeze 4 mph W
Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
34Air quality
84%Humidity
58%Cloud
Now
1:30 AM
52feels52
now, partly cloudy
Today
Sep 27
7549
UV 7
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
6652
87%
UV 7
showers violent
Tue
Sep 29
6055
87%
14mph
showers
Wed
Sep 30
6151
81%
16mph
showers
Thu
Oct 1
6047
39%
28mph
UV 6
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6343
12mph
UV 7
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
7144
UV 7
clear day
52°
75°49°
66°52°
60°55°
61°51°
60°47°
63°43°
71°44°

As of 1:30 AM in Watrous, New Mexico.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Watrous, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Las Vegas MunicipalLVS

At an airfield/13.0 mi away/6,873 ft/450 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Bartley RAWS Near GasconGSCN5

A remote fire weather station/27.8 mi away/8,402 ft/1,979 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank134of 345

measured daily2 instruments

Las Vegas 10.3 NNM-SM-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.3 mi away/6,824 ft/401 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Las Vegas - Sewage PlantLAVN5

At a cooperative observer's station/21.6 mi away/6,451 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bartley RAWS Near Gascon, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 27.8 mi from Watrous. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:04 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 31.6 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bartley RAWS Near Gascon: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.6, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GSCN5FIG. B THE AIR AT BARTLEY RAWS NEAR GASCONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.7 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 31.6 FSPREAD 18.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 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 POINTTITLEBartley RAWS Near Gascon, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP GSCN5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GSCN5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Bartley RAWS Near Gascon, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GSCN5FIG. C THE WIND AT BARTLEY RAWS NEAR GASCONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBartley RAWS Near Gascon, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP GSCN5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GSCN5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 8,402 ft above sea level, 27 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 21.89 inHg and the temperature at 29.0 F; it reports 50.0 F, 21.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Bartley RAWS Near Gascon stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 8,402 feet above sea level with 27 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 21.89 inches of mercury, and temperature, 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GSCN5FIG. D WHERE BARTLEY RAWS NEAR GASCON STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBARTLEY RAWS NEAR GASCON27 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT8,402 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 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE21.89 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE29.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED50.0 FTITLEBartley RAWS Near Gascon, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP GSCN5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GSCN5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Bartley RAWS Near Gascon, 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 Watrous

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