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Forest River, North Dakota

City in Walsh County, North Dakota

Air quality

The air at Forest River

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Red River Valley North (MN), 23 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Forest River

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Forest River, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Forest River, 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 now4 instruments

GraftonGAF

At an airfield/13.8 mi away/823 ft/41 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank251of 312

Emerado US 2 MP 340.4ND010

Beside a road/19.6 mi away/922 ft/58 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

UniversityGRFN8

On a college campus/26.4 mi away/843 ft/21 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank285of 312

measured daily2 instruments

Forest River 0.2 ESEND-WH-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/865 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

State HospitalGRAN8

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/830 ft/34 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Grafton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Forest River, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grafton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRAFTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrafton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GAF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Grafton: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. B THE AIR AT GRAFTONTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.8 F, 41.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEGrafton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GAF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 29 mph, gusting 44 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grafton, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 29 miles an hour, gusting 44; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GAFFIG. C THE WIND AT GRAFTONPLAN, 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, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 44 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrafton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GAFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GAF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at University (GRFN8), 26.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Dakota

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

Near Forest River

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

Near Forest River

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