Storm Station
Elkton, Kentucky
62°
Overcast· Feels like 62°·Light air 2 mph ENE
Mostly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. North northeast wind 2 to 7 mph.
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62%Humidity
80%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Elkton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

HopkinsvilleHVC

At an airfield/16.9 mi away/535 ft/94 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank243of 288

measured daily2 instruments

Elkton 0.1 WKY-TD-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/621 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ElktonELTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/640 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hopkinsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.9 mi from Elkton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hopkinsville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVCFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOPKINSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHopkinsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Hopkinsville: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVCFIG. B THE AIR AT HOPKINSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 46.4 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLEHopkinsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Hopkinsville, 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 HVCFIG. C THE WIND AT HOPKINSVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHopkinsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HVC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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