Storm Station
Mellen, Wisconsin
59°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 59°·Light air 3 mph S
A slight chance of rain showers before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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62%Humidity
70%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mellen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Glidden RAWSGDNW3

A remote fire weather station/12.9 mi away/1,539 ft/301 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank45of 347

AshlandASX

At an airfield/19.7 mi away/818 ft/420 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Highbridge 2.4 SSEWI-AS-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,220 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

UpsonUPSW3

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/1,499 ft/261 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Glidden RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.9 mi from Mellen. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:30 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 49.6 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Glidden RAWS: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.6, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDNW3FIG. B THE AIR AT GLIDDEN 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.6 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 49.6 FSPREAD 4.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEGlidden RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP GDNW3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GDNW3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 4 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 6 mph.

Plan of the wind at Glidden RAWS, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 4; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDNW3FIG. C THE WIND AT GLIDDEN RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlidden RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP GDNW3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GDNW3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,539 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.29 inHg and the temperature at 53.5 F; it reports 54.0 F, 0.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Glidden RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,539 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.29 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDNW3FIG. D WHERE GLIDDEN 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 ATMOSPHEREGLIDDEN RAWS5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,539 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 HERE28.29 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED54.0 FTITLEGlidden RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP GDNW3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GDNW3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Upson (UPSW3), 12.3 miles from here, read 17 Sep, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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

Near Mellen

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