Storm Station
West Van Lear, Kentucky
58°
Clear· Feels like 58°·Calm 0 mph N
Areas of fog. Mostly clear. Low around 45, with temperatures rising to around 46 overnight. Wind around 0 mph.
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96%Humidity
1%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest West Van Lear, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Levisa Fork at Van LearVLRK2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/781 ft/175 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank52of 288

Big SandySJS

At an airfield/8.5 mi away/1,194 ft/588 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank234of 288

measured daily2 instruments

Drainage Basin-Big Sandy #1PNVK2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/620 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Van Lear 2.2 SWKY-JH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/616 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Big Sandy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from West Van Lear. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/2 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 1/2 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: 1/2 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

48.0 F with a dew point of 47.3 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Big Sandy: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.3, 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, 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.0 F, 47.3 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 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

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