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Briarwood, North Dakota

City in Cass County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Briarwood

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Fargo (ND), 10 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Briarwood

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.14in

Visibility

How far you can see at Briarwood, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Briarwood, North DakotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Briarwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Fargo I-94 RR BridgeND013

Beside a road/4.2 mi away/870 ft/10 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

FargoFAR

At an airfield/9.6 mi away/899 ft/19 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Fargo 5.9 SND-CS-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/907 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Fargo 3SFDRN8

At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/899 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank244of 312

Station report

The weather at Fargo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from Briarwood, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fargo, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FARFIG. A THE SKY OVER FARGOSECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 2,600 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFargo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FARTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Fargo: temperature 39.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FARFIG. B THE AIR AT FARGOTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 39.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEFargo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FARTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fargo, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FARFIG. C THE WIND AT FARGOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFargo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FARTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fargo 3S (FDRN8), 2.9 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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Near Briarwood

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