Storm Station
Akeley, Minnesota
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
Patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 56. South southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Akeley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BadouraBADM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/1,432 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank203of 732

WalkerY49

At an airfield/11.6 mi away/1,348 ft/85 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Akeley 2.3 NEMN-HB-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,436 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Park Rapids 2NWPRPM5

At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/1,437 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Walker, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Akeley. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Walker, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y49FIG. A THE SKY OVER WALKERSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEWalker, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y49TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-Y49-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 56.3 F, 98 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 Walker: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.3, 98 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 Y49FIG. B THE AIR AT WALKERTHE 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 56.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 56.3 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 POINTTITLEWalker, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y49TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-Y49-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Walker, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y49FIG. C THE WIND AT WALKERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWalker, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y49TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-Y49-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Park Rapids 2NW (PRPM5), 17.2 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Akeley

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