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Ridgeway, Missouri

City in Harrison County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Ridgeway

Index 53, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, St. Joseph (MO), 56 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)53Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgeway

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgeway, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ridgeway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SpickardS2047

At a soil climate station/16.3 mi away/912 ft/137 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank713of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Ridgeway 4.4 NWMO-HR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,077 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BethanyBEYM7

At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/1,004 ft/45 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW2617, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.6 mi from Ridgeway, Missouri. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the north northwest (348 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW2617, north up: blowing from 348 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 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 GW2617FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW2617PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 348°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW2617, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW2617TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW2617-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,057 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.80 inHg and the temperature at 55.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.52 inHg means its barometer reads 29.37 inHg; it reports 49.0 F, 6.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW2617 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,057 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.80 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.52 and the station pressure it means, 29.37.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW2617FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW2617 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW26174 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,057 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 HERE28.80 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.52 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.37 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED49.0 FTITLECitizen station GW2617, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW2617TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW2617-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 40 degrees above the horizon at 40.54 N, and the day is 10 h 57 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW2617, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 40 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 49 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 57 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW2617FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW2617ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 73°EQUINOXES 49°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 40°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 57 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 65 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.54 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW2617, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW2617TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW2617-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW2617, in 4 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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Near Ridgeway

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