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Alma, Missouri

City in Lafayette County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Alma

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 54 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone21Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alma

0.20 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.20in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Alma, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Alma, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MarshallMHL

At an airfield/18.5 mi away/783 ft/29 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank671of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Alma 1.9 WNWMO-LF-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/810 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Waverly 3 WWAVM7

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/879 ft/67 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank742of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Marshall, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.5 mi from Alma, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,400 ft; the ceiling is 4,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Marshall, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, the ceiling at 4,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHLFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARSHALLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMarshall, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MHLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Marshall: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHLFIG. B THE AIR AT MARSHALLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,400 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEMarshall, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Marshall, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHLFIG. C THE WIND AT MARSHALLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarshall, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Waverly 3 W (WAVM7), 8.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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