Storm Station
Elbow Lake, Minnesota
56°
Light rain· Feels like 56°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Areas of fog before 11am. Mostly sunny. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. West northwest wind around 6 mph.
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100%Humidity
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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elbow Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Osage 5NWOSAM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.5 mi away/1,532 ft/32 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank198of 732

Smokey Hills Full ShadeMN174

Beside a road/19.0 mi away/1,578 ft/78 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank477of 732

Mahnomen3N8

At an airfield/19.2 mi away/1,231 ft/269 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Waubun 16.4 EMN-BK-35

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,540 ft/40 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Tamarac Wildlife RefugeTWRM5

In a park or preserve/12.9 mi away/1,460 ft/40 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mahnomen, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.2 mi from Elbow Lake. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 300 ft, overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Mahnomen, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3N8FIG. A THE SKY OVER MAHNOMENSECTION, 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 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEMahnomen, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 3N8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-3N8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.3 F with a dew point of 61.3 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 Mahnomen: temperature 61.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.3, 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 3N8FIG. B THE AIR AT MAHNOMENTHE 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, SCT 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.3 F, 61.3 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 POINTTITLEMahnomen, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3N8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-3N8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mahnomen, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, 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 3N8FIG. C THE WIND AT MAHNOMENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMahnomen, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3N8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-3N8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Tamarac Wildlife Refuge (TWRM5), 12.9 miles from here, read 22 Sep, 08:32. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Elbow Lake

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