Storm Station
The Highlands, Kansas
71°
Clear· Feels like 71°·Light breeze 7 mph ESE
Patchy fog. Mostly clear, with a low around 63. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
73%Humidity
11%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest The Highlands, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

HutchinsonHUT

At an airfield/8.5 mi away/1,542 ft/144 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 342

measured daily2 instruments

Hutchinson 4.1 NKS-RN-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/1,614 ft/72 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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HutchinsonHUTK1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/1,535 ft/151 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hutchinson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from The Highlands. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Hutchinson, 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 HUTFIG. A THE SKY OVER HUTCHINSONSECTION, 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 MI0510TITLEHutchinson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HUTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HUT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 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 Hutchinson: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 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 HUTFIG. B THE AIR AT HUTCHINSONTHE 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 61.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 62.0 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 POINTTITLEHutchinson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HUTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HUT-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 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hutchinson, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, 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 HUTFIG. C THE WIND AT HUTCHINSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHutchinson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HUTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HUT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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