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Barrett, Minnesota

City in Grant County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Barrett

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 42 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Barrett

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Barrett, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Barrett, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Morris 2EMRIM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.1 mi away/1,140 ft/24 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank784of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Barrett 0.2 ESEMN-GR-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,168 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Morris Wc Exp StaMRRM5

At a cooperative observer's station/22.0 mi away/1,135 ft/29 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Elbow Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from Barrett, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elbow Lake, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y63FIG. A THE SKY OVER ELBOW LAKESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElbow Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS Y63TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y63-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

40.3 F with a dew point of 33.3 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Elbow Lake: temperature 40.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.3, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y63FIG. B THE AIR AT ELBOW LAKETHE 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 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 40.3 FDEW POINT 33.3 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEElbow Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y63TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y63-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Elbow Lake, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT Y63FIG. C THE WIND AT ELBOW LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElbow Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS Y63TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-Y63-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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