Storm Station
Lacey, Washington
55°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 55°·Light breeze 5 mph NNE
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. East northeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
53%Humidity
44%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lacey, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Nisqually RiverTNISQ

Beside a road/5.3 mi away/23 ft/172 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

OlympiaOLM

At an airfield/5.7 mi away/200 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank46of 618

Littlerock - Cedar CreekCDCW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.4 mi away/729 ft/534 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank329of 618

measured daily2 instruments

Lacey 0.6 SWWA-TH-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/205 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Tacoma No. 1TACW1

At a cooperative observer's station/24.2 mi away/6 ft/189 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Olympia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.7 mi from Lacey. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Olympia, 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 OLMFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLYMPIASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOlympia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OLMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OLM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Olympia: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLMFIG. B THE AIR AT OLYMPIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 43.0 F, 41.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEOlympia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OLM-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 Olympia, 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 OLMFIG. C THE WIND AT OLYMPIAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOlympia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OLM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

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

Near Lacey

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