Storm Station
Fairview-Ferndale, Pennsylvania
57°
Overcast· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 6 mph N
A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 54. North wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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87%Humidity
80%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fairview-Ferndale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ShamokinN79

At an airfield/3.8 mi away/860 ft/101 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank432of 543

Mount Carmel - Roaring CreekROAP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.5 mi away/1,077 ft/116 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank44of 543

Mahantango CkS2028

At a soil climate station/9.5 mi away/730 ft/231 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

NataliePOPP1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/915 ft/46 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Mount Carmel 0.2 SWPA-NM-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/1,081 ft/120 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Shamokin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.8 mi from Fairview-Ferndale. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Shamokin, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. A THE SKY OVER SHAMOKINSECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLEShamokin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-N79-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.5 F with a dew point of 53.8 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Shamokin: temperature 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.8, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. B THE AIR AT SHAMOKINTHE 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 53.2 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.5 F, 53.8 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 POINTTITLEShamokin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-N79-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Shamokin, 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 N79FIG. C THE WIND AT SHAMOKINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEShamokin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-N79-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Shamokin, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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Near Fairview-Ferndale

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