Storm Station
Carter Lake, Iowa
66°
Light rain· Feels like 66°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
87%Humidity
73%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Carter Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Council Bluffs (I-80)RCBI4

Beside a road/4.3 mi away/879 ft/100 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank571of 652

Council BluffsCBF

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/1,240 ft/261 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank209of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Council Bluffs 2.7 NNWIA-PT-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/981 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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UnderwoodUNDI4

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/1,099 ft/120 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Council Bluffs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Carter Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Council Bluffs, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFFIG. A THE SKY OVER COUNCIL BLUFFSSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLECouncil Bluffs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CBFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CBF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Council Bluffs: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFFIG. B THE AIR AT COUNCIL BLUFFSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECouncil Bluffs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CBFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CBF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Council Bluffs, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 8 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 CBFFIG. C THE WIND AT COUNCIL BLUFFSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECouncil Bluffs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CBFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CBF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Underwood (UNDI4), 13.9 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Carter Lake

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