Storm Station
Fort Ripley, Minnesota
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Light air 3 mph SSE
Patchy fog before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. West wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
96%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fort Ripley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ray Miller Army FieldRYM

At an airfield/5.4 mi away/1,133 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank729of 732

Lastrup MN-25 Mile Post 140MN035

Beside a road/12.6 mi away/1,302 ft/144 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank486of 732

Little Falls - Dnr Fire WxLXLM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/1,142 ft/16 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank100of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Fort Ripley 0.8 NMN-CW-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/1,128 ft/30 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BrainerdBRAM5

At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/1,178 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Ray Miller Army Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from Fort Ripley. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ray Miller Army Field, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYMFIG. A THE SKY OVER RAY MILLER ARMY FIELDSECTION, 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 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERay Miller Army Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RYMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RYM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 56.5 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Ray Miller Army Field: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.5, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYMFIG. B THE AIR AT RAY MILLER ARMY FIELDTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLERay Miller Army Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RYM-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 Ray Miller Army Field, 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 RYMFIG. C THE WIND AT RAY MILLER ARMY FIELDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLERay Miller Army Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RYM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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