Storm Station
Galesburg, Kansas
66°
Light rain· Feels like 66°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
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94%Humidity
79%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Galesburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

K-39 @ Neosho R. ChanuteK5CHN

Beside a road/6.7 mi away/1,000 ft/13 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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ParsonsPPF

At an airfield/12.9 mi away/899 ft/88 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 342

measured daily2 instruments

GalesburgGLBK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/988 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Parsons 5.7 NWKS-NO-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/1,003 ft/16 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Parsons, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.9 mi from Galesburg. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Parsons, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 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 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 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 65.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Parsons: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 south southeast (150 degrees) at 9 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 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 9 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 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 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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