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Barnes, Kansas

City in Washington County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Barnes

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Beatrice (NE), 40 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Barnes

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Barnes, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Barnes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

US-77 @ Blue R. Blue RapidsK5BRP

Beside a road/12.9 mi away/1,187 ft/148 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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MarysvilleMYZ

At an airfield/16.2 mi away/1,290 ft/45 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank402of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

Greenleaf 3.3 ENEKS-WS-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,318 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Blue RapidsBRPK1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/1,158 ft/177 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank37of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Marysville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.2 mi from Barnes, 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 Marysville, 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 MYZFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARYSVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMarysville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MYZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MYZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Marysville: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MYZFIG. B THE AIR AT MARYSVILLETHE 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 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.3 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEMarysville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MYZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MYZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Marysville, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MYZFIG. C THE WIND AT MARYSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarysville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MYZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MYZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

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

Near Barnes

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