Storm Station
Port Alexander, Alaska
54°
Light rain· Feels like 54°·Moderate breeze 14 mph S
Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
89%Humidity
83%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Port Alexander, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Kake 68S - Cape DecisionCDEA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/25.7 mi away/36 ft/23 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank162of 844

measured daily2 instruments

Port Alexander 2.2 NNWAK-PW-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/10 ft/49 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Little Port Walter near SitkaSITA2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/64 ft/5 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Kake 68S - Cape Decision, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 25.7 mi from Port Alexander. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:22 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

52.5 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kake 68S - Cape Decision: temperature 52.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDEA2FIG. B THE AIR AT KAKE 68S - CAPE DECISIONTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.2 FTEMPERATURE 52.5 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 4.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEKake 68S - Cape Decision, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CDEA2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CDEA2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (157 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kake 68S - Cape Decision, north up: blowing from 157 degrees, the south southeast, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDEA2FIG. C THE WIND AT KAKE 68S - CAPE DECISIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 157°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKake 68S - Cape Decision, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CDEA2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CDEA2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 36 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.88 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; it reports 52.5 F, 6.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Kake 68S - Cape Decision stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 36 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.88 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDEA2FIG. D WHERE KAKE 68S - CAPE DECISION STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREKAKE 68S - CAPE DECISION0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT36 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.88 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED52.5 FTITLEKake 68S - Cape Decision, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CDEA2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CDEA2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Kake 68S - Cape Decision, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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