Storm Station
Mentasta Lake, Alaska
35°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 35°·Light air 1 mph SSW
Mostly clear, with a low around 27. East wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
50%Humidity
42%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mentasta Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Tok River RAWSTKRA2

A remote fire weather station/11.5 mi away/2,125 ft/181 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank151of 846

Tok JunctionPFTO

At an airfield/36.2 mi away/1,644 ft/662 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 846

measured daily2 instruments

Slana 22.4 ESEAK-VC-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.5 mi away/3,236 ft/930 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Tok #2TOAA2

At a cooperative observer's station/34.4 mi away/1,654 ft/652 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Tok Junction, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 36.2 mi from Mentasta Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:56 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 Tok Junction, 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 PFTOFIG. A THE SKY OVER TOK JUNCTIONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLETok Junction, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PFTOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PFTO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Tok Junction: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PFTOFIG. B THE AIR AT TOK JUNCTIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.1 FTEMPERATURE 32.0 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLETok Junction, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PFTOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PFTO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Tok Junction, 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 PFTOFIG. C THE WIND AT TOK JUNCTIONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLETok Junction, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PFTOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PFTO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Tok #2 (TOAA2), 34.4 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 17:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Alaska

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

Near Mentasta Lake

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