Storm Station
Silver Lake, Kansas
67°
Light rain· Feels like 67°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Patchy fog before 8am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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93%Humidity
61%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Silver Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

US-75 @ Kansas R. TopekaK5TPK

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/900 ft/15 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Topeka (Top)TOP

At an airfield/12.8 mi away/886 ft/29 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 342

Pottawatomi RAWSPRAK1

A remote fire weather station/16.8 mi away/1,181 ft/266 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank36of 342

Ku-NesaS2147

At a soil climate station/35.8 mi away/1,102 ft/187 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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Manhattan 6 SSW53974

At a climate reference station/39.9 mi away/1,137 ft/222 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Topeka 9.7 WKS-SN-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/997 ft/82 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RossvilleRVEK1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/935 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Topeka (Top), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.8 mi from Silver Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Topeka (Top), height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOPFIG. A THE SKY OVER TOPEKA (TOP)SECTION, 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: 6 MI0510TITLETopeka (Top), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TOPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TOP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 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 Topeka (Top): temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 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 TOPFIG. B THE AIR AT TOPEKA (TOP)THE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.0 F, 64.0 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 POINTTITLETopeka (Top), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TOP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Topeka (Top), north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 6 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 TOPFIG. C THE WIND AT TOPEKA (TOP)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETopeka (Top), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TOP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Topeka (Top), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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