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West Falmouth, Massachusetts

Community in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at West Falmouth

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 15 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Falmouth

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at West Falmouth, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 7 hours.

FriSat

On the radar over West Falmouth, MassachusettsReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Falmouth, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Otis ANGBFMH

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/131 ft/23 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank166of 744

measured daily2 instruments

Falmouth 4.8 NMA-BA-117

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/72 ft/36 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank402of 744

Vineyard HavenVYHM3

At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/-15 ft/123 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Otis ANGB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from West Falmouth, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Otis ANGB, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FMHFIG. A THE SKY OVER OTIS ANGBSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOtis ANGB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FMHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FMH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Otis ANGB: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FMHFIG. B THE AIR AT OTIS ANGBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 9,000 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEOtis ANGB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FMHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FMH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Otis ANGB, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FMHFIG. C THE WIND AT OTIS ANGBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOtis ANGB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FMHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FMH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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