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Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

Community in Elmore County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Mountain Home AFB

Index 45, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Boise (ID), 44 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)45Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mountain Home AFB

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mountain Home AFB, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Mountain Home AFB, IdahoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Mountain Home AFB, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Mountain Home 2.1 SID-EL-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/3,130 ft/121 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Glenns FerryGLFI1

At a cooperative observer's station/27.9 mi away/2,537 ft/472 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mountain Home AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.5 mi from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mountain Home AFB, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MUOFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNTAIN HOME AFBSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMountain Home AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MUOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MUO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 42 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mountain Home AFB: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 42 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MUOFIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNTAIN HOME AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.4 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 27.0 FSPREAD 22.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 42 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 POINTTITLEMountain Home AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MUOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MUO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mountain Home AFB, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MUOFIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNTAIN HOME AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMountain Home AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MUOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MUO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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