Storm Station
Big Springs, Nebraska
67°
Clear· Feels like 67°·Light air 2 mph E
Areas of fog. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southeast wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
63%Humidity
3%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Big Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

OgallalaOGA

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/3,256 ft/116 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank277of 400

measured daily2 instruments

Big Springs 0.8 WSWNE-DL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/3,399 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Big SpringsBGSN1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/3,448 ft/76 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Ogallala, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Big Springs. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Ogallala, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OGAFIG. A THE SKY OVER OGALLALASECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLEOgallala, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OGATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OGA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.7 F with a dew point of 53.8 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ogallala: temperature 54.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.8, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OGAFIG. B THE AIR AT OGALLALATHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 54.7 F, 53.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEOgallala, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OGATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OGA-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 Ogallala, 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 OGAFIG. C THE WIND AT OGALLALAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOgallala, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OGATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OGA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Nebraska

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