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Alba, Missouri

City in Jasper County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Alba

Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Alba (MO), 0 miles off.

11Good
  • Ozone11Good13 ppb0.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good6.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alba

0.83 in in the last 24 hours, 2.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.83in
Last 3 days
2.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Alba, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Alba, MissouriReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Alba, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

JoplinJLN

At an airfield/7.3 mi away/962 ft/28 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank163of 1,014

Joplin 24 N23908

At a climate reference station/15.5 mi away/952 ft/38 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

Mt VernonS2060

At a soil climate station/31.8 mi away/1,254 ft/264 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank703of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Alba 1.0 ENEMO-JS-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/955 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Diamond 2WDMDM7

At a cooperative observer's station/17.7 mi away/1,070 ft/80 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank935of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Joplin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Alba, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 900 ft, broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Joplin, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JLNFIG. A THE SKY OVER JOPLINSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 900 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEJoplin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JLNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JLN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Joplin: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JLNFIG. B THE AIR AT JOPLINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEJoplin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JLNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JLN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Joplin, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JLNFIG. C THE WIND AT JOPLINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJoplin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JLNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JLN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Diamond 2W (DMDM7), 17.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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