South Fork Solomon 1 S OsborneOSBK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.9 mi away/1,588 ft/85 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Glen Elder State Park, Kansas
State Park in Mitchell County, Kansas* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27-32 degrees likely, along with fairly widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central Kansas and central, east central, and south central Nebraska, including the Tri Cities. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Confidence is increasing that at least slightly sub-freezing temperatures and widespread frost formation will likely occur early Saturday morning. As a result, it is probable that most, if not all, of this Watch will be converted to a Warning during the day Friday.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
46°
56°/40°
Clear·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Glen Elder State Park until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Glen Elder State Park is 46° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:52 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
65%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
46feels40
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5640
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6231
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6938
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
7146
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7748
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
8256
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
8160
21%
13mph
46°
56°40°
62°31°
69°38°
71°46°
77°48°
82°56°
81°60°
As of 12:00 AM in Glen Elder State Park, Kansas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Glen Elder State Park
0.55 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.55in
- Last 3 days
- 0.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 79%
Visibility
How far you can see at Glen Elder State Park, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 1.94 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,503 ft
- County
- Mitchell County
- State
- Kansas
- Latitude
- 39.5031° N
- Longitude
- 98.3136° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Glen Elder State Park, 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
US-36 - Lebanon InterchangeK5LEA
Beside a road/22.7 mi away/1,785 ft/282 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Smith CenterK82
At an airfield/31.1 mi away/1,799 ft/296 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Glen Elder LakeGLNK1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/1,499 ft/4 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Glen Elder 0.7 NWKS-MC-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,498 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Glen Elder Lake (GLNK1), 0.1 miles from here, read 9 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
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21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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