Storm Station
Alden, Kansas
70°
Mostly clear· Feels like 70°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Patchy fog before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 1 to 8 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
76%Humidity
14%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Alden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LyonsLYO

At an airfield/8.0 mi away/1,700 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank259of 342

US-56 - Great BendK5GTB

Beside a road/29.7 mi away/1,877 ft/195 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Raymond 3.1 ESEKS-RC-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/1,701 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SterlingSRLK1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/1,647 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lyons, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.0 mi from Alden. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Lyons, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYOFIG. A THE SKY OVER LYONSSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLELyons, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LYOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LYO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.4 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lyons: temperature 62.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYOFIG. B THE AIR AT LYONSTHE 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 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.4 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLELyons, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LYOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LYO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lyons, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYOFIG. C THE WIND AT LYONSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELyons, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LYOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LYO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

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

Near Alden

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