Storm Station
Big Clifty, Kentucky
54°
Clear· Feels like 54°·Light air 1 mph NNE
Sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind 1 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
83%Humidity
4%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Big Clifty, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ElizabethtownEKX

At an airfield/15.8 mi away/762 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank276of 288

Bowling Green 21 NNE63849

At a climate reference station/20.7 mi away/790 ft/45 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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Ky Bowling Green 21 NNEBOWK2

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.7 mi away/774 ft/29 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank88of 288

Mammoth CaveS2079

At a soil climate station/25.4 mi away/800 ft/55 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Leitchfield 1.9 NEKY-GY-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/655 ft/90 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Millerstown 4EMLTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/597 ft/148 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Elizabethtown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Big Clifty. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elizabethtown, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKXFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETHTOWNSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElizabethtown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EKXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EKX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.7 F with a dew point of 46.8 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Elizabethtown: temperature 50.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.8, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKXFIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETHTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.9 FTEMPERATURE 50.7 FDEW POINT 46.8 FSPREAD 3.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEElizabethtown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EKX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Elizabethtown, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKXFIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETHTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElizabethtown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EKX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Big Clifty

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