Storm Station
Paradise, Kansas
73°
Mostly clear· Feels like 73°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Areas of fog after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 63. East wind around 3 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
78%Humidity
14%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Paradise, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RussellRSL

At an airfield/17.7 mi away/1,864 ft/147 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank10of 341

I-70 - Walker InterchangeK5WKR

Beside a road/21.6 mi away/1,972 ft/255 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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South Fork Solomon 1 S OsborneOSBK1

At a river or reservoir gauge/25.9 mi away/1,588 ft/129 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank149of 341

measured daily2 instruments

NatomaNTAK1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/1,827 ft/110 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Russell 8.1 NWKS-RS-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.2 mi away/1,779 ft/62 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Russell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Paradise. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Russell, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSLFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUSSELLSECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLERussell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RSLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RSL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Russell: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSLFIG. B THE AIR AT RUSSELLTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLERussell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RSL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Russell, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, 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 RSLFIG. C THE WIND AT RUSSELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERussell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RSL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Natoma (NTAK1), 7.5 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kansas

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

Near Paradise

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