Storm Station
Lancaster, Kansas
66°
Light rain· Feels like 66°·Light air 4 mph ESE
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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87%Humidity
67%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lancaster, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-36 - TroyK5TRY

Beside a road/18.3 mi away/1,070 ft/93 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Pottawatomi RAWSPRAK1

A remote fire weather station/33.3 mi away/1,181 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank36of 342

SabethaK83

At an airfield/34.2 mi away/1,322 ft/159 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank259of 342

Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/36.5 mi away/1,102 ft/61 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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measured daily2 instruments

EffinghamEFFK1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/1,093 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Everest 2.3 NWKS-BR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.0 mi away/1,128 ft/35 ft below here

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Station report

The weather at Sabetha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 34.2 mi from Lancaster. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Sabetha, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K83FIG. A THE SKY OVER SABETHASECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLESabetha, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-K83-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.6 F with a dew point of 64.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Sabetha: temperature 64.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K83FIG. B THE AIR AT SABETHATHE 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 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.6 F, 64.6 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 POINTTITLESabetha, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-K83-2DRAWN 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 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sabetha, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K83FIG. C THE WIND AT SABETHAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESabetha, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS K83TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-K83-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

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Near Lancaster

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