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Plato, Missouri

Village in Texas County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Plato

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Springfield (MO), 62 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Plato

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Plato, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Roby RAWSRBRM7

A remote fire weather station/5.7 mi away/1,248 ft/113 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank186of 1,014

Salem 10 W23909

At a climate reference station/28.6 mi away/1,198 ft/63 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank694of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Twin Bridges 11.6 ESEMO-LD-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.9 mi away/1,178 ft/43 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HartvilleHRTM7

At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/1,125 ft/10 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank590of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Fort Leonard Woo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Plato, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Leonard Woo, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TBNFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT LEONARD WOOSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Leonard Woo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TBNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TBN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 38.3 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Leonard Woo: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.3, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TBNFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT LEONARD WOOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.4 FTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 38.3 FSPREAD 8.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLEFort Leonard Woo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TBNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TBN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Leonard Woo, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TBNFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT LEONARD WOOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Leonard Woo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TBNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TBN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Missouri

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

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