Temperature
71 F at 9 PM; 81 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 69 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 81F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 69F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 26 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 84° today.
Now. West Plains Regional Airport is 70° and partly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
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 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 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in West Plains Regional Airport, Missouri.
Precipitation
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,101 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 0 mph head, on 18 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from West Plains (UNO), West Plains Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
71 F at 9 PM; 81 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 69 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 4 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the west at 10 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 22 mph at 12 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.11 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 9 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
West Plains: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest West Plains Regional 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
West PlainsUNO
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,220 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mountain View RAWSMRWM7
A remote fire weather station/13.2 mi away/1,147 ft/81 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Journagan RanchS2194
At a soil climate station/21.4 mi away/1,134 ft/94 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
West PlainsWPLM7
At a cooperative observer's station/0.0 mi away/1,230 ft/2 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Pomona 4.7 NEMO-HL-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/1,165 ft/63 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at West Plains (WPLM7), 0.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.