Now. Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport is 55° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (MO), 21 miles off.
Yesterday measured 11, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 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 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 184° / 4° | 5 mph head, on 36 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Booneville (VER), Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
56 F at 10 PM Thursday; 76 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 52 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 15 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.15 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 6 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.43 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.23 in, in the hour to 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Booneville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Jesse Viertel 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
BoonevilleVER
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/715 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ashland 2NASLM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.7 mi away/856 ft/141 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cmrb LtarS2195
At a soil climate station/36.0 mi away/871 ft/156 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Boonville 3.7 SEMO-FSA-053
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/679 ft/36 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
New FranklinNWFM7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/627 ft/88 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.