Storm Station
Sentinel Butte, North Dakota
62°
Clear· Feels like 62°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. West wind around 6 mph.
-UV
27Air quality
26%Humidity
4%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sentinel Butte, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Beach Beach20U

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/2,756 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank152of 198

Medora I-94ND036

Beside a road/13.3 mi away/2,293 ft/426 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Medora 7EMRAN8

At a river or reservoir gauge/21.9 mi away/2,654 ft/65 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank13of 198

Medora 7 E94080

At a climate reference station/22.2 mi away/2,771 ft/52 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Sentinel Butte 6.3 NEND-GV-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/2,634 ft/85 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MedoraMDAN8

At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/2,516 ft/203 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Beach Beach, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Sentinel Butte. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Beach Beach: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 20UFIG. B THE AIR AT BEACH BEACHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.9 FTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLEBeach Beach, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 20UTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-20U-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Beach Beach, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 5 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 20UFIG. C THE WIND AT BEACH BEACHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBeach Beach, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 20UTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-20U-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 2,756 ft above sea level, 10 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.06 inHg and the temperature at 49.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.14 inHg means its barometer reads 27.26 inHg; it reports 48.2 F, 1.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Beach Beach stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,756 feet above sea level with 10 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.06 inches of mercury, and temperature, 49.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.14 and the station pressure it means, 27.26.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 20UFIG. D WHERE BEACH BEACH STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBEACH BEACH10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,756 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.06 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE49.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.14 inHgITS BAROMETER READS27.26 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.2 FTITLEBeach Beach, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 20UTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-20U-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Beach Beach, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Medora (MDAN8), 15.2 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Sentinel Butte

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