Storm Station
Alpha, Minnesota
62° 67°/62°
Overcast· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then areas of fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 59. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
0UV Low
30Air quality
98%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:15 AM
62feels62
15%
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
6762
26%
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
6962
fog
Tue
Sep 29
6258
72%
13mph
showers light
Wed
Sep 30
6561
40%
rain light
Thu
Oct 1
6448
38%
18mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6143
19%
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 3
6244
11%
20mph
overcast
62°
67°62°
69°62°
62°58°
65°61°
64°48°
61°43°
62°44°

As of 3:15 AM in Alpha, Minnesota.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Alpha, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Jackson MuniMJQ

At an airfield/5.9 mi away/1,447 ft/59 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank9of 732

I-90 Mile Post 67MN008

Beside a road/12.4 mi away/1,508 ft/120 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank497of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Dunnell 4.3 NWMN-MT-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/1,357 ft/31 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Sherburn 3WSWSHRM5

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/1,319 ft/69 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Jackson Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from Alpha. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:16 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 1.75 mi.

Section of the sky over Jackson Muni, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 1.75 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MJQFIG. A THE SKY OVER JACKSON MUNISECTION, 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.75 MI0510TITLEJackson Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MJQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MJQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Jackson Muni: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MJQFIG. B THE AIR AT JACKSON MUNITHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEJackson Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MJQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MJQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jackson Muni, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MJQFIG. C THE WIND AT JACKSON MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJackson Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MJQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MJQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Sherburn 3WSW (SHRM5), 4.8 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Alpha

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