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Loraine, North Dakota

City in Renville County, North Dakota

Precipitation

What has fallen at Loraine

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Loraine, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Loraine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Oscar1ON

At an airfield/13.5 mi away/1,522 ft/99 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank311of 312

Westhope ND-5ND041

Beside a road/25.3 mi away/1,493 ft/128 ft below here

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measured daily2 instruments

Sherwood 0.2 NEND-RV-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/1,644 ft/23 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SherwoodSHEN8

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/1,624 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Northgate 5 ESE, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 28.1 mi from Loraine, North Dakota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 28.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Northgate 5 ESE: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.0, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 94084FIG. B THE AIR AT NORTHGATE 5 ESETHE 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 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.1 FTEMPERATURE 32.0 FDEW POINT 28.0 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 POINTTITLENorthgate 5 ESE, the airSTATION REPORT · USCRN 94084TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-94084-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Northgate 5 ESE, north up: at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 94084FIG. C THE WIND AT NORTHGATE 5 ESEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENorthgate 5 ESE, the windSTATION REPORT · USCRN 94084TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-94084-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,842 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.98 inHg and the temperature at 52.4 F; it reports 32.0 F, 20.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Northgate 5 ESE stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,842 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.98 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 94084FIG. D WHERE NORTHGATE 5 ESE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERENORTHGATE 5 ESE6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,842 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.98 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED32.0 FTITLENorthgate 5 ESE, the columnSTATION REPORT · USCRN 94084TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-94084-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Northgate 5 ESE, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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