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Lapoint, Utah

Community in Uintah County, Utah

Air quality

The air at Lapoint

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Whiterocks (UT), 8 miles off.

28Good
  • Ozone28Good24 ppb8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.1 ppb8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lapoint

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lapoint, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Lapoint, UtahReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lapoint, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

VernalVEL

At an airfield/15.2 mi away/5,276 ft/287 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 998

Split MountainS2154

At a soil climate station/23.3 mi away/4,844 ft/719 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank523of 998

measured daily2 instruments

Lapoint 2.2 NWUT-UN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/5,492 ft/71 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Fort Duchesne CoopabcFTDU1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/5,043 ft/520 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Vernal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from Lapoint, Utah. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM 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 Vernal, 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 VELFIG. A THE SKY OVER VERNALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEVernal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VELTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VEL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Vernal: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VELFIG. B THE AIR AT VERNALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.4 FTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 7.0 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 POINTTITLEVernal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VELTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VEL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Vernal, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VELFIG. C THE WIND AT VERNALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVernal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VELTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VEL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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