Temperature
54 F at 10 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 54 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 54F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 72F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 54F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 72° today.
Now. Midwest National Air Center Airport is 53° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Midwest National Air Center Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 19 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.53 in in the last 24 hours, 1.80 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,502 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 187° / 7° | 13 mph head, on 36 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Mosby (GPH), Midwest National Air Center Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
54 F at 10 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 54 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 45 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 8 PM to 100% at 7 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
13 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 29 mph at 7 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.22 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.5 miles at 10 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mosby: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Midwest National Air Center Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
MosbyGPH
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/764 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Powell GardensS2061
At a soil climate station/35.3 mi away/967 ft/190 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Powell Gardens ScanPWGM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/35.4 mi away/960 ft/183 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Kearney 3EKRNM7
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/846 ft/69 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Excelsior Springs 1.1 SSWMO-CY-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/787 ft/10 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.