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St. James, Missouri

City in Phelps County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at St. James

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Jefferson City (MO), 55 miles off.

16Good
  • Ozone16Good-

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at St. James

0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at St. James, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

On the radar over St. James, MissouriReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest St. James, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Salem 10 W23909

At a climate reference station/26.2 mi away/1,198 ft/123 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank694of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

RollaRRGM7

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/1,086 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank154of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Vichy/Rolla, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.3 mi from St. James, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,200 ft, scattered at 2,000 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Vichy/Rolla, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 2,000 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 VIHFIG. A THE SKY OVER VICHY/ROLLASECTION, 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 2,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,200 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEVichy/Rolla, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VIHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VIH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Vichy/Rolla: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VIHFIG. B THE AIR AT VICHY/ROLLATHE 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEVichy/Rolla, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VIHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VIH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Vichy/Rolla, north up: blowing from 320 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 VIHFIG. C THE WIND AT VICHY/ROLLAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVichy/Rolla, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VIHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VIH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Vichy/Rolla, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rolla (RRGM7), 8.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

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

Near St. James

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

Near St. James

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