Storm Station
Richards, Missouri
66° 81°/66°
Overcast· Feels like 66°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
0UV Low
-Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
66feels66
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
8166
43%
drizzle
Mon
Sep 28
7964
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8066
28%
17mph
drizzle
Wed
Sep 30
8775
59%
29mph
drizzle light
Thu
Oct 1
7758
74%
19mph
thunderstorm
Fri
Oct 2
5954
53%
16mph
drizzle light
Sat
Oct 3
6355
16%
drizzle light
66°
81°66°
79°64°
80°66°
87°75°
77°58°
59°54°
63°55°

As of 4:00 AM in Richards, Missouri.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Richards, 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

Schell-OsageS2193

At a soil climate station/28.6 mi away/814 ft/21 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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Schell-Osage ScanSCOM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/28.8 mi away/793 ft/42 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank323of 473

Joplin 24 N23908

At a climate reference station/33.9 mi away/952 ft/117 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Richards 4.2 SSEMO-VR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/781 ft/54 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sewage PlantNEVM7

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/764 ft/71 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Schell-Osage Scan, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 28.8 mi from Richards. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:00 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 793 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.07 inHg and the temperature at 56.2 F; it reports 66.6 F, 10.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Schell-Osage Scan stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 793 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.07 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCOM7FIG. D WHERE SCHELL-OSAGE SCAN 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 ATMOSPHERESCHELL-OSAGE SCAN3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT793 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 HERE29.07 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED66.6 FTITLESchell-Osage Scan, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SCOM7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SCOM7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Sep 27 the noon sun stands 50 degrees above the horizon at 37.99 N, and the day is 11 h 48 min long. Level ground there takes 77 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Schell-Osage Scan, angles true: on Sep 27 it stands 50 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 48 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCOM7FIG. E THE SUN AT SCHELL-OSAGE SCANELEVATION 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 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°SEP 27, 50°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 48 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 77 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.99 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -1.9°TITLESchell-Osage Scan, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP SCOM7TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SCOM7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 793 ft above sea level. Its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:00 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Schell-Osage Scan, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard sep 27, 2026, 3:00 am local time; air temperature, 66.6 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCOM7FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, SEP 27, 2026, 3:00 AM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD SEP 27, 2026, 3:00 AM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE66.6 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLESchell-Osage Scan, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP SCOM7TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SCOM7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Schell-Osage Scan, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Sewage Plant (NEVM7), 9.5 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

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Near Richards

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