Storm Station
Grand Tower, Illinois
70°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 70°·Light air 2 mph N
A chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 58. Wind around 0 mph.
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51%Humidity
55%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Grand Tower, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Carbondale/MurphMDH

At an airfield/17.3 mi away/427 ft/64 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank416of 417

Bean Ridge RAWSBNRI2

A remote fire weather station/27.2 mi away/714 ft/351 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank88of 417

measured daily2 instruments

MurphysboroMURI2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/512 ft/149 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Murphysboro 3.0 WSWIL-JK-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.3 mi away/530 ft/167 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Bean Ridge RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 27.2 mi from Grand Tower. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:57 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bean Ridge RAWS: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BNRI2FIG. B THE AIR AT BEAN RIDGE RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.5 FTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLEBean Ridge RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BNRI2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BNRI2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (339 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 4 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bean Ridge RAWS, north up: blowing from 339 degrees, the north northwest, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 2; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BNRI2FIG. C THE WIND AT BEAN RIDGE RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 339°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBean Ridge RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BNRI2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BNRI2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 714 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.16 inHg and the temperature at 56.5 F; it reports 61.0 F, 4.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Bean Ridge RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 714 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.16 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BNRI2FIG. D WHERE BEAN RIDGE RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREBEAN RIDGE RAWS3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT714 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 HERE29.16 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED61.0 FTITLEBean Ridge RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BNRI2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BNRI2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Bean Ridge RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Grand Tower

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