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South Mound, Kansas

Community in Neosho County, Kansas

Air quality

The air at South Mound

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Chanute (KS), 22 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Mound

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 2.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
2.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Mound, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over South Mound, KansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest South Mound, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

K-39 @ Neosho R. ChanuteK5CHN

Beside a road/14.1 mi away/1,000 ft/25 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

ParsonsPPF

At an airfield/16.7 mi away/899 ft/76 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 1,079

measured daily2 instruments

St. Paul 2.3 SSEKS-NO-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/873 ft/102 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Parsons 2 NWPARK1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/912 ft/63 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank665of 1,079

Station report

The weather at Parsons, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.7 mi from South Mound, Kansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Parsons, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPFFIG. A THE SKY OVER PARSONSSECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEParsons, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PPFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Parsons: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPFFIG. B THE AIR AT PARSONSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.7 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEParsons, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Parsons, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPFFIG. C THE WIND AT PARSONSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEParsons, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kansas

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

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