Storm Station
Grass Valley, Oregon
56°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 56°·Light breeze 8 mph NE
Mostly cloudy. Low around 41, with temperatures rising to around 44 overnight. Northeast wind around 7 mph.
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24%Humidity
51%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Grass Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Patjens RAWSPAFO3

A remote fire weather station/7.3 mi away/2,178 ft/80 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank109of 914

US97 SB at Kent MP40.9ODT42

Beside a road/12.4 mi away/2,707 ft/449 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank657of 914

measured daily2 instruments

MoroMORO3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/1,844 ft/414 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Dufur 7.3 WSWOR-WC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.2 mi away/2,073 ft/185 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Patjens RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.3 mi from Grass Valley. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:48 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 24.5 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Patjens RAWS: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.5, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAFO3FIG. B THE AIR AT PATJENS RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 19.5 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 24.5 FSPREAD 24.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLEPatjens RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP PAFO3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAFO3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (33 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 10 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 11 mph.

Plan of the wind at Patjens RAWS, north up: blowing from 33 degrees, the north northeast, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 10; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAFO3FIG. C THE WIND AT PATJENS RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 33°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPatjens RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP PAFO3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAFO3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,178 ft above sea level, 8 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.64 inHg and the temperature at 51.2 F; it reports 49.0 F, 2.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Patjens RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,178 feet above sea level with 8 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.64 inches of mercury, and temperature, 51.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAFO3FIG. D WHERE PATJENS RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREPATJENS RAWS8 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,178 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 HERE27.64 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE51.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED49.0 FTITLEPatjens RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP PAFO3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAFO3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Patjens RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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