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Forest, Ohio

Village in Hardin County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Forest

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 29 miles off.

15Good
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Forest

0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.53 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.31in
Last 3 days
0.53in

Visibility

How far you can see at Forest, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 PM.

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On the radar over Forest, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Forest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KentonI95

At an airfield/14.8 mi away/1,017 ft/86 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank384of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Arlington 2.7 ENEOH-HC-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/850 ft/81 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KentonKENO1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/965 ft/34 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Kenton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.8 mi from Forest, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kenton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I95FIG. A THE SKY OVER KENTONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKenton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I95TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I95-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 94 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 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Kenton: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 94 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 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I95FIG. B THE AIR AT KENTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.6 F, 51.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEKenton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS I95TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I95-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kenton, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I95FIG. C THE WIND AT KENTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKenton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS I95TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I95-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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