Storm Station
Oelrichs, South Dakota
60°
Clear· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 6 mph NNE
A slight chance of rain showers between 7am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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62%Humidity
6%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Oelrichs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SD RWIS OglalaSD051

Beside a road/11.6 mi away/3,071 ft/292 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Sheps Canyon RAWSSDSS2

A remote fire weather station/14.9 mi away/3,322 ft/41 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Pine RidgeIEN

At an airfield/38.0 mi away/3,310 ft/53 ft below here

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measured daily2 instruments

OelrichsOELS2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/3,363 ft/level with here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Oelrichs 1.6 WNWSD-FR-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/3,381 ft/18 ft above here

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Station report

The weather at Sheps Canyon RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.9 mi from Oelrichs. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:16 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 50.9 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sheps Canyon RAWS: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.9, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDSS2FIG. B THE AIR AT SHEPS CANYON RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.4 FTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 50.9 FSPREAD 11.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLESheps Canyon RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP SDSS2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SDSS2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (23 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sheps Canyon RAWS, north up: blowing from 23 degrees, the north northeast, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDSS2FIG. C THE WIND AT SHEPS CANYON RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 23°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESheps Canyon RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP SDSS2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SDSS2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,322 ft above sea level, 11 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.50 inHg and the temperature at 47.2 F; it reports 62.0 F, 14.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sheps Canyon RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,322 feet above sea level with 11 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.50 inches of mercury, and temperature, 47.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDSS2FIG. D WHERE SHEPS CANYON RAWS 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 ATMOSPHERESHEPS CANYON RAWS11 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,322 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 HERE26.50 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE47.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED62.0 FTITLESheps Canyon RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SDSS2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SDSS2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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