Temperature
55 F at 9 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 55 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 55F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 75F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 75° today.
Now. Mexico Memorial Airport is 57° and rain at 9 PM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Mexico Memorial Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Mark Twain State Park (MO), 22 miles off.
Yesterday measured 29, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.23 in in the last 24 hours, 0.77 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,501 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 66° / 246° | 7 mph head, on 24 | 15 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 3,200 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 182° / 2° | 10 mph head, on 36 | 13 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Mexico (MYJ), Mexico Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
55 F at 9 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 55 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 53 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 3 PM to 100% at 10 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
17 mph from the northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 32 mph at 8 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.06 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 7 AM; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.23 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mexico: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Mexico Memorial 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
MexicoMYJ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/814 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cmrb Ltar-Mo ScanCTSM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.9 mi away/852 ft/29 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cmrb LtarS2195
At a soil climate station/16.9 mi away/871 ft/48 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Mexico 0.3 NNWMO-AN-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/778 ft/45 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MexicoMEXM7
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/817 ft/6 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.