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Carl Junction, Missouri

City in Jasper County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Carl Junction

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Alba (MO), 8 miles off.

14Good
  • Ozone14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Carl Junction

0.75 in in the last 24 hours, 1.95 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.75in
Last 3 days
1.95in

Visibility

How far you can see at Carl Junction, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Carl Junction, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

JoplinJLN

At an airfield/2.8 mi away/962 ft/50 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank163of 1,014

Joplin 24 N23908

At a climate reference station/17.9 mi away/952 ft/40 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

Mt VernonS2060

At a soil climate station/37.1 mi away/1,254 ft/342 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank703of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Carl Junction 1.6 NWMO-JS-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/912 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Diamond 2WDMDM7

At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/1,070 ft/158 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank935of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Joplin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.8 mi from Carl Junction, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:06 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,400 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Joplin, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJoplin, 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

55.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 77 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 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Joplin: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 77 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 2,400 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Joplin, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 31; 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 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 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), 16.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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