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Lake City, Kansas

Community in Barber County, Kansas

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake City

None in the last 24 hours; 2.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
2.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake City, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sun 2 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Lake City, 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 now2 instruments

US-54 - PrattK5PTT

Beside a road/19.9 mi away/1,860 ft/242 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Lake City 0.7 WNWKS-BA-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,654 ft/36 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sun CitySUNK1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/1,690 ft/72 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Medicine_Lodge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Lake City, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Medicine_Lodge: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 45 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P28FIG. B THE AIR AT MEDICINE_LODGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.6 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 21.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 45 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 POINTTITLEMedicine_Lodge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS P28TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P28-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Medicine_Lodge, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P28FIG. C THE WIND AT MEDICINE_LODGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMedicine_Lodge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS P28TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P28-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 1,535 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.30 inHg and the temperature at 53.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.60 inHg means its barometer reads 28.94 inHg; it reports 56.0 F, 2.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Medicine_Lodge stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,535 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.30 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.5 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.60 and the station pressure it means, 28.94.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P28FIG. D WHERE MEDICINE_LODGE 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 ATMOSPHEREMEDICINE_LODGE5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,535 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 HERE28.30 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.5 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.60 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.94 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED56.0 FTITLEMedicine_Lodge, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS P28TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P28-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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