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Alta Vista, Kansas

City in Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Alta Vista

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Topeka (KS), 43 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alta Vista

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.53 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.53in

Visibility

How far you can see at Alta Vista, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 9 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Alta Vista, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Alta Vista, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-70 - Junction CityK5JCT

Beside a road/19.4 mi away/1,064 ft/393 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Fort RileyFRI

At an airfield/19.7 mi away/1,065 ft/392 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank275of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Alta Vista 0.2 NNEKS-WB-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,453 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Alta VistaALVK1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,447 ft/10 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fort Riley, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.7 mi from Alta Vista, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Riley, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRIFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT RILEYSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Riley, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FRITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Riley: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRIFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT RILEYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.0 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 12.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLEFort Riley, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Riley, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRIFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT RILEYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Riley, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Alta Vista (ALVK1), 0.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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