Storm Station
Mentor, Minnesota
60°
Overcast· Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 11 mph S
Patchy fog. Mostly cloudy. Low around 57, with temperatures rising to around 60 overnight. Southwest wind around 7 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mentor, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Glacial Ridge ScanGLRM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/1,125 ft/39 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank437of 732

Glacial RidgeS2050

At a soil climate station/6.0 mi away/1,125 ft/39 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

Brooks US-59 Mile Post 331MN068

Beside a road/8.1 mi away/1,147 ft/17 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank489of 732

FosstonFSE

At an airfield/18.6 mi away/1,276 ft/112 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Erskine 0.4 SEMN-PK-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/1,203 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Crookston NW Exp STNCRNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/22.5 mi away/886 ft/278 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fosston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.6 mi from Mentor. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Fosston, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSEFIG. A THE SKY OVER FOSSTONSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLEFosston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FSETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FSE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.4 F with a dew point of 60.3 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 Fosston: temperature 60.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.3, 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 FSEFIG. B THE AIR AT FOSSTONTHE 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 60.4 F, 60.3 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 POINTTITLEFosston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FSE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fosston, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FSEFIG. C THE WIND AT FOSSTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFosston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FSETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FSE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Crookston NW Exp STN (CRNM5), 22.5 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Mentor

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