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Fort Ripley, Minnesota

City in Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Fort Ripley

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Central Minnesota (MN), 29 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good18.6 mi
  • Ozone14Good13 ppb18.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Ripley

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Ripley, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fort Ripley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

BrainerdBRAM5

At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/1,178 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank36of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Ray Miller Army Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from Fort Ripley, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:20 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ray Miller Army Field, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYMFIG. A THE SKY OVER RAY MILLER ARMY FIELDSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERay Miller Army Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RYMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RYM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Ray Miller Army Field: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RYMFIG. B THE AIR AT RAY MILLER ARMY FIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLERay Miller Army Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RYM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ray Miller Army Field, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 18 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 RYMFIG. C THE WIND AT RAY MILLER ARMY FIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERay Miller Army Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RYMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RYM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Brainerd (BRAM5), 14.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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