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Chain-O-Lakes, Missouri

Village in Barry County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Chain-O-Lakes

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Springdale (Springdale-Fayetteville-Bentonville) (AR), 33 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chain-O-Lakes

0.20 in in the last 24 hours, 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.20in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Chain-O-Lakes, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Chain-O-Lakes, MissouriReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chain-O-Lakes, 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 now4 instruments

Mt VernonS2060

At a soil climate station/38.0 mi away/1,254 ft/236 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank703of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Eagle Rock 1.9 SMO-BY-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/990 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CassvilleCASM7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.3 mi away/1,378 ft/360 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank628of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Branson West Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.1 mi from Chain-O-Lakes, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 55.4 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Branson West Muni: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.4, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWBFIG. B THE AIR AT BRANSON WEST MUNITHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.5 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 55.4 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEBranson West Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FWB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Branson West Muni, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWBFIG. C THE WIND AT BRANSON WEST MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBranson West Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FWB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 1,292 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.55 inHg and the temperature at 54.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.14 inHg means its barometer reads 28.76 inHg; it reports 59.0 F, 4.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Branson West Muni stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,292 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.55 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.14 and the station pressure it means, 28.76.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWBFIG. D WHERE BRANSON WEST MUNI STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBRANSON WEST MUNI5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,292 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.55 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.14 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.76 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.0 FTITLEBranson West Muni, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FWB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Branson West Muni, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Cassville (CASM7), 13.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

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Near Chain-O-Lakes

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