Storm Station
Van Lear, Kentucky
58° 73°/48°
Clear· Feels like 58°·Light air 2 mph NW
Areas of fog. Mostly clear. Low around 44, with temperatures rising to around 46 overnight. Wind around 0 mph.
0UV Low
36Air quality
83%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:15 AM
58feels58
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
7348
clear day
Mon
Sep 28
7650
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8354
partly cloudy day
Wed
Sep 30
8856
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
9162
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
8860
32%
13mph
drizzle light
Sat
Oct 3
6055
36%
drizzle
58°
73°48°
76°50°
83°54°
88°56°
91°62°
88°60°
60°55°

As of 4:15 AM in Van Lear, Kentucky.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Van Lear, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Levisa Fork at Van LearVLRK2

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/781 ft/172 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank52of 288

Big SandySJS

At an airfield/7.2 mi away/1,194 ft/585 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank235of 288

measured daily2 instruments

Van Lear 2.2 SWKY-JH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/616 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Drainage Basin-Big Sandy #1PNVK2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/620 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Big Sandy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from Van Lear. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 3/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Big Sandy, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 3/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SJSFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIG SANDYSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3/4 MI0510TITLEBig Sandy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SJS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.7 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Big Sandy: temperature 48.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SJSFIG. B THE AIR AT BIG SANDYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.7 F, 48.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEBig Sandy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SJS-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 Big Sandy, 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 SJSFIG. C THE WIND AT BIG SANDYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBig Sandy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SJS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

Near Van Lear

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