Storm Station
Bayard, Nebraska
56°
Mostly clear· Feels like 56°·Light air 4 mph SE
Mostly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 79 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
70%Humidity
30%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bayard, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

D5-RWIS 385 84.70NE062

Beside a road/9.0 mi away/4,216 ft/440 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Minatare Dam (USBR)MDAN1

At a dam/13.7 mi away/4,147 ft/371 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank215of 400

ScottsbluffBFF

At an airfield/16.1 mi away/3,948 ft/172 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 400

measured daily2 instruments

Bayard 0.1 NNENE-ML-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/3,783 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bridgeport 18WSWBGWN1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.7 mi away/4,055 ft/279 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Scottsbluff, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.1 mi from Bayard. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Scottsbluff, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFFFIG. A THE SKY OVER SCOTTSBLUFFSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEScottsbluff, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BFFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BFF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Scottsbluff: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFFFIG. B THE AIR AT SCOTTSBLUFFTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.0 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEScottsbluff, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BFF-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 Scottsbluff, 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 BFFFIG. C THE WIND AT SCOTTSBLUFFPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEScottsbluff, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BFF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Bridgeport 18WSW (BGWN1), 13.7 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nebraska

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

Near Bayard

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