Storm Station
Altamont, Kansas
67°
Rain· Feels like 67°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SE
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
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94%Humidity
63%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Altamont, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ParsonsPPF

At an airfield/14.9 mi away/899 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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US-166 @ Neosho R. ChetopaK5CHE

Beside a road/15.4 mi away/821 ft/103 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

AltamontALTK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/912 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Parsons 0.8 SEKS-LB-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/895 ft/29 ft below here

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Station report

The weather at Parsons, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.9 mi from Altamont. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Parsons, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPFFIG. A THE SKY OVER PARSONSSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEParsons, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PPFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PPF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Parsons: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPFFIG. B THE AIR AT PARSONSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEParsons, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PPF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Parsons, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east 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 PPFFIG. C THE WIND AT PARSONSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEParsons, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PPF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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