Storm Station
Medicine Bow, Wyoming
59°
Mostly clear· Feels like 59°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SW
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 71 in the afternoon. South wind 0 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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47%Humidity
16%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Medicine Bow, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Elk MountainWY19

Beside a road/17.8 mi away/7,384 ft/823 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Elk MountainEHY

At an airfield/17.9 mi away/7,300 ft/739 ft above here

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measured daily2 instruments

Police DeptMBOW4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/6,562 ft/1 ft above here

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Medicine Bow 14.1 ENEWY-AB-217

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.2 mi away/6,776 ft/215 ft above here

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Station report

The weather at Elk Mountain, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 17.8 mi from Medicine Bow. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:46 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Elk Mountain, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY19FIG. A THE SKY OVER ELK MOUNTAINSECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLEElk Mountain, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS WY19TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WY19-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 34.9 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Elk Mountain: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.9, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY19FIG. B THE AIR AT ELK MOUNTAINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.7 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 34.9 FSPREAD 15.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 POINTTITLEElk Mountain, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY19TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WY19-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (51 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 27 mph.

Plan of the wind at Elk Mountain, north up: blowing from 51 degrees, the northeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 5; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WY19FIG. C THE WIND AT ELK MOUNTAINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 51°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElk Mountain, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS WY19TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WY19-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

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

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