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Mentor, Kansas

Community in Saline County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at Mentor

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 73 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mentor

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mentor, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mentor, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SalinaSLN

At an airfield/4.5 mi away/1,273 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank338of 1,079

I-70 @ I-135 SalinaK5SLN

Beside a road/9.8 mi away/1,223 ft/36 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Salina 4.4 SEKS-SA-56

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,276 ft/17 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Salina WxSAXK1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/1,224 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank884of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Salina, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Mentor, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 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 Salina, 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 SLNFIG. A THE SKY OVER SALINASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESalina, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SLNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Salina: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLNFIG. B THE AIR AT SALINATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.9 FTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLESalina, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Salina, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLNFIG. C THE WIND AT SALINAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESalina, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Mentor

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

Near Mentor

River and lake gauges