Storm Station
Portland, North Dakota
63°
Light rain· Feels like 63°·Gentle breeze 12 mph SSE
Patchy fog. Partly cloudy. Low around 52, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. West southwest wind around 6 mph.
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-Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Portland, 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

Emerado US 2 MP 340.4ND010

Beside a road/30.0 mi away/922 ft/62 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Grand_Forks_AFBRDR

At an airfield/31.9 mi away/912 ft/72 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank197of 198

UniversityGRFN8

On a college campus/32.9 mi away/843 ft/141 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank31of 198

measured daily2 instruments

MayvilleMYVN8

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/978 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Mayville 0.3 NNEND-TR-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/984 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Grand_Forks_AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 31.9 mi from Portland. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 700 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Grand_Forks_AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 700 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDRFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAND_FORKS_AFBSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEGrand_Forks_AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RDRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RDR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.2 F with a dew point of 60.4 F, 94 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 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Grand_Forks_AFB: temperature 62.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.4, 94 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 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDRFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAND_FORKS_AFBTHE 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 59.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.2 F, 60.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEGrand_Forks_AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RDR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Grand_Forks_AFB, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 7 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 RDRFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAND_FORKS_AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrand_Forks_AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RDR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Portland

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