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Mountain Grove, Missouri

City in Wright County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Mountain Grove

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (MO), 58 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mountain Grove

None in the last 24 hours; 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mountain Grove, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mountain Grove, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Mountain Grove 0.7 ENEMO-WT-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,473 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mountain GroveMTGM7

At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/1,437 ft/43 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at West Plains, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.5 mi from Mountain Grove, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over West Plains, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UNOFIG. A THE SKY OVER WEST PLAINSSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWest Plains, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UNOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UNO-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 39.0 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at West Plains: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UNOFIG. B THE AIR AT WEST PLAINSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 POINTTITLEWest Plains, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UNOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UNO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at West Plains, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UNOFIG. C THE WIND AT WEST PLAINSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWest Plains, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UNOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UNO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Missouri

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Mountain Grove

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

Near Mountain Grove

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