Current weather · Sep 28, 4:01 PM CDT

36.6940, -91.8830

77°

SunnyFeels like 77° · Humidity 40%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Springfield, MO · grid 118,13
High
82°
Low
57°
Rain today
2%
Sunrise
7:00 AM
Sunset
6:55 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

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Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Mon 4 PM77°77°51°40%1%E3 mph7 mph11%—10 mi
Mon 5 PM77°77°51°40%1%E3 mph7 mph7%—10 mi
Mon 6 PM76°76°51°42%1%E3 mph8 mph6%—10 mi
Mon 7 PM72°72°51°48%1%E3 mph8 mph7%—10 mi
Mon 8 PM66°66°52°61%1%ESE2 mph8 mph4%—10 mi
Mon 9 PM64°64°51°63%1%ESE2 mph7 mph5%—10 mi
Mon 10 PM62°62°50°65%0%ESE2 mph7 mph5%—10 mi
Mon 11 PM61°61°49°65%0%ESE2 mph7 mph5%—10 mi
Tue 12 AM60°60°49°67%0%ESE1 mph7 mph7%—10 mi
Tue 1 AM59°59°48°67%0%E1 mph7 mph6%—10 mi
Tue 2 AM57°57°48°72%1%E1 mph7 mph9%—10 mi
Tue 3 AM56°56°48°74%1%E1 mph6 mph8%—10 mi
Tue 4 AM56°56°47°72%1%E1 mph7 mph2%—10 mi
Tue 5 AM56°56°47°72%1%E1 mph7 mph5%—10 mi
Tue 6 AM55°55°46°72%0%E1 mph7 mph5%—10 mi
Tue 7 AM55°55°46°72%1%E2 mph7 mph1%—10 mi
Tue 8 AM59°59°48°67%1%E3 mph8 mph1%—10 mi
Tue 9 AM63°63°50°62%1%ESE3 mph8 mph0%—10 mi
Tue 10 AM71°71°51°49%1%SE5 mph9 mph2%—10 mi
Tue 11 AM74°74°52°46%1%SSE6 mph10 mph2%—10 mi
Tue 12 PM77°77°51°40%0%SSE6 mph10 mph9%—10 mi
Tue 1 PM80°80°51°36%0%SSE6 mph12 mph17%—10 mi
Tue 2 PM82°81°52°35%0%SSE6 mph12 mph13%—10 mi
Tue 3 PM83°82°53°36%1%SSE7 mph12 mph5%—10 mi
Tue 4 PM83°82°54°37%1%SSE7 mph12 mph13%—10 mi
Tue 5 PM82°81°54°38%1%SE7 mph12 mph5%—10 mi
Tue 6 PM80°80°55°42%1%SE6 mph10 mph19%—10 mi
Tue 7 PM76°76°55°48%0%SE5 mph10 mph19%—10 mi
Tue 8 PM70°70°54°57%0%SE5 mph12 mph27%—10 mi
Tue 9 PM67°67°54°63%0%SE5 mph12 mph33%—10 mi
Tue 10 PM66°66°53°63%0%ESE3 mph10 mph46%—10 mi
Tue 11 PM65°65°52°63%0%ESE3 mph10 mph35%——
Wed 12 AM64°64°52°65%0%SE3 mph10 mph36%——
Wed 1 AM63°63°51°65%0%SE3 mph10 mph25%——
Wed 2 AM62°62°50°65%0%SE3 mph12 mph16%——
Wed 3 AM62°62°50°65%0%SE3 mph12 mph16%——
Wed 4 AM62°62°50°65%0%SE5 mph12 mph40%——
Wed 5 AM61°61°50°67%0%SE5 mph12 mph16%——
Wed 6 AM61°61°50°67%0%SE5 mph12 mph15%——
Wed 7 AM61°61°50°67%0%SE5 mph12 mph32%——
Wed 8 AM64°64°53°67%0%SSE6 mph13 mph0%——
Wed 9 AM69°69°56°63%0%SSE7 mph13 mph16%——
Wed 10 AM75°75°59°58%0%S7 mph14 mph32%——
Wed 11 AM80°81°61°52%0%S8 mph15 mph36%——
Wed 12 PM84°85°63°49%0%S10 mph17 mph39%——
Wed 1 PM86°87°64°48%0%S12 mph20 mph43%——
Wed 2 PM88°89°64°45%0%S13 mph21 mph44%——
Wed 3 PM88°89°64°45%0%S14 mph22 mph46%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 28, 1:26 PM CDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 11, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2882°57°Sunny2%wind 5 mph
  2. TueSep 2983°61°Sunny1%wind 7 mph
  3. WedSep 3088°68°Mostly Sunny0%wind 14 mph · gusts 22 mph
  4. ThuOct 185°64°Chance Rain Showers53%0.46 inwind 13 mph · gusts 21 mph
  5. FriOct 276°57°Showers And Thunderstorms Likely68%0.96 inwind 8 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. SatOct 373°56°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms51%0.29 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  7. SunOct 472°51°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms32%0.45 inwind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  8. MonOct 570°50°15%wind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  9. TueOct 673°52°National Blend6%wind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  10. WedOct 776°54°National Blend14%wind 6 mph
  11. ThuOct 876°52°National Blend5%wind 7 mph
  12. FriOct 9~73°49°Model mean
  13. SatOct 10~72°53°Model mean
  14. SunOct 11~75°51°Model mean
  15. MonOct 12~81°55°Model mean
  16. TueOct 13~69°45°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like77°
  • WindE 3 mphgusts 7 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity40%
  • Dew point51°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset
  • Moonrise7:49 PMMoonset 9:09 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous95% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 28, 1:00 PM CDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 28—55°NWS grid 82° / 57°rain 1%wind 3 mph
  2. TueSep 2983°61°NWS grid 83° / 61°rain 1%wind 7 mph
  3. WedSep 3088°68°NWS grid 88° / 68°rain 12%wind 14 mph · gusts 22 mph
  4. ThuOct 185°64°NWS grid 85° / 64°rain 62%thunder 29%0.50 inwind 13 mph · gusts 21 mph
  5. FriOct 276°60°NWS grid 76° / 57°rain 68%thunder 26%0.92 inwind 8 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. SatOct 373°59°NWS grid 73° / 56°rain 51%0.29 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  7. SunOct 472°51°NWS grid 72° / 51°rain 28%0.45 inwind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  8. MonOct 570°48°NWS grid 70° / 50°rain 9%wind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  9. TueOct 673°52°Beyond the NWS gridrain 6%wind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  10. WedOct 776°54°Beyond the NWS gridrain 14%wind 6 mph
  11. ThuOct 876°52°Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%wind 7 mph
50°73°95°TueWedThuFriSatSunMon

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 28, 7:00 AM CDT · GFS Sep 28, 7:00 AM CDT · GEFS Sep 28, 7:00 AM CDT · ECMWF Sep 28, 7:00 AM CDT · ECMWF AI Sep 28, 7:00 AM CDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

50°73°95°TueWedThuFriSatSunMon

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2882° 57°84° 59°84° 59°85° 59°78° 59°~79° 61°
Tue Sep 2983° 61°87° 58°89° 60°87° 58°83° 59°~83° 57°
Wed Sep 3088° 68°69° 60°92° 66°89° 65°88° 67°~87° 64°
Thu Oct 185° 64°0.46 in—90° 68°0.31 in83° 70°0.31 in87° 73°~85° 70°0.02 in
Fri Oct 276° 57°0.96 in—77° 66°0.17 in77° 67°0.41 in77° 66°0.48 in~75° 69°0.45 in
Sat Oct 373° 56°0.29 in—72° 61°0.09 in73° 62°0.39 in68° 60°~70° 65°0.24 in
Sun Oct 472° 51°0.45 in—79° 63°74° 62°0.24 in~74° 61°~75° 66°0.06 in
Mon Oct 570° 50°—77° 54°71° 54°0.05 in~74° 57°~68° 54°
Tue Oct 6——72° 50°70° 48°0.02 in~71° 50°~67° 43°
Wed Oct 7——76° 51°74° 50°0.07 in~76° 51°~75° 48°0.02 in
Thu Oct 8——~75° 53°~56° 54°~82° 57°~75° 56°
Fri Oct 9——~71° 46°—~69° 53°~80° 49°
Sat Oct 10——~76° 52°—~67° 48°~73° 58°
Sun Oct 11——~82° 57°—~74° 49°~67° 46°
Mon Oct 12——~87° 62°—~78° 54°~77° 50°
Tue Oct 13——~69° 45°—~62° 62°~60° 55°

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at West Plains (UNO) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Tue Oct 13, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature leanwarmer 40% · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2877° / 51°92° (1999)35° (1999)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 572° / 49°89° (2018)28° (2000)near normal most likely · days 6 to 10near normal most likely · days 6 to 10
Oct 1271° / 46°88° (2017)28° (2022)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1968° / 45°86° (2016)23° (2022)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2666° / 41°84° (2024)20° (2023)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Nov 261° / 43°82° (2017)19° (2019)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 955° / 34°80° (2006)12° (2019)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1657° / 35°81° (2025)10° (2014)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2354° / 32°72° (2024)13° (2013)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 3050° / 33°77° (2021)11° (2002)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 747° / 26°73° (2020)4° (2006)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1447° / 26°71° (2021)1° (2000)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 2141° / 24°77° (2025)-7° (2022)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayVery goodhot
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayIdealfine conditions
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightGoodbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated fair.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
MondayFair8:21 PM to 5:35 AM10 of 10None93%Good2 mph
TuesdayFair8:20 PM to 5:36 AM3 of 10None87%Good5 mph
WednesdayPoor8:18 PM to 5:37 AM0 of 10None79%10 mph
ThursdayPoor8:17 PM to 5:38 AM0 of 10None70%10 h5 mph
FridayPoor8:15 PM to 5:39 AM0 of 10None60%10 h6 mph
SaturdayPoor8:14 PM to 5:40 AM0 of 10None49%10 h5 mph
SundayPoor8:12 PM to 5:40 AM0 of 10None39%10 h7 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Mon6:35 AM to 6:45 AM6:45 AM to 7:35 AM6:21 PM to 7:11 PM7:11 PM to 7:21 PM
Tue6:35 AM to 6:45 AM6:45 AM to 7:35 AM6:20 PM to 7:10 PM7:10 PM to 7:19 PM
Wed6:36 AM to 6:46 AM6:46 AM to 7:36 AM6:18 PM to 7:08 PM7:08 PM to 7:18 PM
Thu6:37 AM to 6:47 AM6:47 AM to 7:37 AM6:17 PM to 7:07 PM7:07 PM to 7:17 PM
Fri6:38 AM to 6:48 AM6:48 AM to 7:38 AM6:15 PM to 7:05 PM7:05 PM to 7:15 PM
Sat6:39 AM to 6:49 AM6:49 AM to 7:39 AM6:13 PM to 7:04 PM7:04 PM to 7:14 PM
Sun6:40 AM to 6:50 AM6:50 AM to 7:40 AM6:12 PM to 7:02 PM7:02 PM to 7:12 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:00 AM, 92° E
  • SS Sunset 6:55 PM, 268° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:49 PM, 68° ENE
  • MS Moonset 9:09 AM, 289° WNW
  • Waning gibbous, 95% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: good to fly. Next good stretch: Mon 4 PM to 6 PM, 2 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:30 AM to sunrise 7:00 AM, and sunset 6:55 PM to 7:25 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Mon6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Mon 4 PMGood3481%10 mi77°nothing against it
Mon 5 PMGood3481%10 mi77°nothing against it
Mon 6 PMCaution3491%10 mi76°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Mon 7 PMCaution314181%10 mi72°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 8 PMCaution29151%10 mi66°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 9 PMCaution29141%10 mi64°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 10 PMCaution29140%10 mi62°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 11 PMCaution29140%10 mi61°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 12 AMCaution15100%10 mi60°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 1 AMCaution15100%10 mi59°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 2 AMCaution15101%10 mi57°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 3 AMCaution1591%10 mi56°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 4 AMCaution15101%10 mi56°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 5 AMCaution15101%10 mi56°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 6 AMCaution15100%10 mi55°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 7 AMCaution2371%10 mi55°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Tue 8 AMGood3491%10 mi59°nothing against it
Tue 9 AMGood3491%10 mi63°nothing against it
Tue 10 AMGood55101%10 mi71°nothing against it
Tue 11 AMGood67111%10 mi74°nothing against it
Tue 12 PMGood67110%10 mi77°nothing against it
Tue 1 PMGood67130%10 mi80°nothing against it
Tue 2 PMGood67130%10 mi82°nothing against it
Tue 3 PMGood78131%10 mi83°nothing against it

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Mon 4 PM to 8 PM 4 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Tue 8 AM to 2 PM 6 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Tue 4 PM to Wed 12 PM 20 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Wed 7 PM to 10 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 11 AM to 4 PM 5 hours, every hour within the rules
Mon6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
MondayDry2%0.00 in39%5 mph3 d
TuesdayDry1%0.00 in35%7 mph2 dGood
WednesdayDry0%0.00 in43%14 mph1 dGood
ThursdayWet53%0.46 in59%13 mph
FridayWet68%0.96 in82%8 mph
SaturdayWet51%0.29 in81%6 mph
SundayWet28%0.45 in68%9 mph
MondayDry6%0.00 in55%9 mph1 d

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Monday, rated good.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Mon Good1:08 AM to 3:08 AM1:33 PM to 3:33 PM8:39 AM to 9:39 AM7:19 PM to 8:19 PM 95%7:00 AM, 6:55 PM
Tue Fair2:00 AM to 4:00 AM2:27 PM to 4:27 PM9:51 AM to 10:51 AM7:56 PM to 8:56 PM 90%7:01 AM, 6:54 PM
Wed Poor2:56 AM to 4:56 AM3:25 PM to 5:25 PM11:05 AM to 12:05 PM8:42 PM to 9:42 PM 82%7:02 AM, 6:52 PM
Thu Fair3:56 AM to 5:56 AM4:27 PM to 6:27 PM12:16 PM to 1:16 PM9:37 PM to 10:37 PM 73%7:03 AM, 6:51 PM
Fri Fair4:58 AM to 6:58 AM5:30 PM to 7:30 PM1:20 PM to 2:20 PM10:41 PM to 11:41 PM 64%7:04 AM, 6:49 PM
Sat Fair6:01 AM to 8:01 AM6:31 PM to 8:31 PM2:16 PM to 3:16 PM 53%7:05 AM, 6:48 PM
Sun Fair7:01 AM to 9:01 AM7:29 PM to 9:29 PM11:51 PM to 12:51 AM3:01 PM to 4:01 PM 43%7:05 AM, 6:46 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. This Afternoon82° · 1% · E 3 mph

    Sunny. High near 82, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. East wind around 3 mph.

  2. Tonight55° · 1% · E 3 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 55. East wind around 3 mph.

  3. Tuesday83° · 1% · SE 1–7 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 83. Southeast wind 1 to 7 mph.

  4. Tuesday Night61° · 1% · SE 6 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southeast wind around 6 mph.

  5. Wednesday88° · S 5–14 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

  6. Wednesday Night68° · 13% · S 6–10 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.

  7. Thursday85° · 52% · S 9–13 mph

    A chance of rain showers between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85.

  8. Thursday Night64° · 62% · E 2–7 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.

  9. Friday76° · 68% · NE 3–8 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76.

  10. Friday Night57° · 66% · NE 3–7 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.

  11. Saturday73° · 51% · NE 6 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73.

  12. Saturday Night56° · 51% · NE 5 mph

    A chance of rain showers before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.

  13. Sunday72° · 28% · N 6–9 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 72.

  14. Sunday Night51° · 21% · NE 7 mph

    A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Springfield, MO · issued Sep 28, 2:21 PM CDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

Above normal temperatures will occur across the area on Tuesday and Wednesday, as highs warm into the middle to upper 80s for portions of the area.

Rounds of showers and thunderstorms (50-90% chances) are expected midweek/late week and could linger into the weekend. There will be the potential for some locally heavy rainfall with this system.

Short Term · Through Tuesday Night

1245 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

High pressure will stick around the area through the next couple of days. This will allow our daytime high temperatures to reach the lower 80s today, and upper 80s tomorrow with mostly sunny skies. A drier than expected air mass is in place today with dewpoints in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Winds will remain out of the east-southeast and stay under 10 knots. Lows tonight will be in the 50s and 60s with partly cloudy skies. Clouds start to build in tomorrow afternoon ahead of the next incoming system. We are not expecting rain from now through Tuesday night. Though, Tuesday night will be warm in the upper 60s to lower 70s due to the cloud cover.

Long Term · Wednesday Through Sunday

1245 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

The digging trough that's currently over the west coast will merge with the remnants of Hurricane Polo and bring us some much needed rain to end the week. Timing for the rain is forecast to occur Wednesday night into Thursday morning for most of the area. There are no severe weather outlooks for the end of the week/weekend at this time. Though, the strongest part of the trough will move through Thursday afternoon and could bring us a few rumbles of thunder. Moisture and lift will be there, but instability is in question as MUCAPE values are <500 J/kg. The trough over the area will be impacted by another trough moving through the northern Plains bringing us a cold front for the weekend. The northerly wind shift may occur during the day Friday, but the dewpoint drop won't occur until Saturday morning. There are discrepancies on how quickly the front moves through. The front could sweep through rather quickly and be out of the area by Saturday morning, or it sticks around and stalls out over southern MO bringing the area more rain into the weekend. Right now, we are going with the stalled front scenario with rain continuing through Saturday (30-50% chance of rain) and ending west to east Sunday morning (15-30% chance of rain).

Flooding: There is a flooding threat mainly west of Highway 65 where the higher axis of forecasted rainfall totals are situated. The trough will move into KS/OK and take its time moving east. It seems to become elongated and string out over the Central Plains. This system will be tropical-like and bring an abundance of moisture with it. Model PWATs with this system are record-breaking with values for this time of year near 2". Our daily max right now is 1.49", so this clearly will be a moist airmass moving in. Expect the rain to occur in bands and be prepared to receive multiple rounds of showers. Again, the higher rainfall totals are likely to occur west of Highway 65, but most of the area is expected to see near 1" of rain from Thursday through Sunday. We will continue to use probabilistic rainfall amounts until the event gets closer as rainfall amounts will change over the next couple of days as we try to narrow down the higher corridors of QPF. Please see the section below for probabilistic rainfall totals up to 3" for a few cities around the area. There may also be locally higher amounts where those bands of precipitation set up. This also means there may be sharp cut offs in rainfall amounts if you are located just outside of or too far to the east of these bands. We are in a D2 to D3 drought, which indicates that our soils could use the moisture. Even with that information, we still may issue a Flood Watch for counties at least west of I-49 due to the possibility of training heavy bands of rain for 24-48 hours. Areas in drought could still see flash flooding from this activity if the rain rates are high enough.

Probabilistic Rainfall Totals Wednesday-Saturday:

Joplin 1": 90% 2": 75% 3": 53%

Springfield 1": 82% 2": 68% 3": 39%

Branson 1": 72% 2": 56% 3": 31%

West Plains 1": 61% 2": 34% 3": 21%

Rolla 1": 75% 2": 54% 3": 27%

Temperatures: Temperatures will be warm on Wednesday in the upper 80s, but then we get another break from the abnormally warm temperatures. The rain will take its time spreading west to east on Thursday which will give us a 10 degree spread in temperatures across the area. Where the clouds and rain are, highs will stay in the lower 70s. Out over the eastern Ozarks where most of Thursday will be dry for them, they will be in the mid to upper 80s. By Friday, everyone will experience the cooldown with highs in the 70s. Those highs stick around through the weekend with lows in the 50s.

Aviation · 18Z TAFs Through 18Z Tuesday

1229 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

VFR through the period with southeasterly winds less than 10 knots and partly cloudy skies.

SGF Watches / Warnings / Advisories

KS...None. MO...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 28, 2:23 PM CDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
223 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

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223 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri
Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

  No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Above normal temperatures will occur across the area on Tuesday 
and Wednesday, as highs warm into the middle to upper 80s for 
portions of the area.
 
Rounds of showers and thunderstorms (50-90% chances) are expected
midweek/late week and could linger into the weekend. There will 
be the potential for some locally heavy rainfall with this system.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&
 
More detailed information can be accessed at:
http://www.weather.gov/sgf/dsspacket
 
This product in graphical format...along with other weather...
hydrological and climate information...at
http://www.weather.gov/sgf

$$

Soria

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Mon Sep 28No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Sat Oct 3No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Sun Oct 4No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Mon Oct 5No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Mon Sep 28Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Tue Sep 29Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Wed Sep 300.10 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 1–Oct 21.25 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 3–Oct 40.25 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Flash flood risk

  1. Day 1 · Mon Sep 28Below marginal
  2. Day 2 · Tue Sep 29Below marginal
  3. Day 3 · Wed Sep 30Below marginal
  4. Day 4 · Thu Oct 1Slight
  5. Day 5 · Fri Oct 2Marginal

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 4–Oct 8
  2. Days 6–10 · PrecipitationNear normal most likelyOct 4–Oct 8
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 6–Oct 12
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 6–Oct 12

Hazards, 3 to 14 days

  1. Thu Oct 1Heavy Rain

Drought

  1. Drought Monitor, map of Sep 22D1 Moderate drought
  2. Outlook for Sep 2026Drought development likely

Drought in this county: the map, the record since 2000 and the outlook

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, W Plains

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 16 and the first fall freeze around October 21: a growing season of about 189 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 8; one spring in ten still has one after May 3.

Climate of 36.69, -91.88: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 27 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMon
HeatRisk max0 · Little0 · Little1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max71°74°80°80°74°72°70°67°
Heat index max77°82°89°89°75°73°72°70°
Chance of thunder max1%0%0%25%28%20%16%10%
Cloud ceiling min-100 ft
Visibility min10 mi10 mi
Mixing height max5,200 ft5,000 ft7,500 ft5,800 ft2,400 ft2,500 ft3,600 ft3,100 ft
Transport wind max9 mph12 mph16 mph17 mph12 mph10 mph13 mph13 mph
Twenty-foot wind max5 mph6 mph13 mph12 mph7 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph
Grassland fire danger max251383244

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · West Plains (UNO) · 13 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Mon Sep 2882° / 57°78° / 53°92° (1999)42° (1996)
Tue Sep 2983° / 61°77° / 51°90° (1998)36° (2003)
Wed Sep 3088° / 68°77° / 51°91° (2019)35° (1999)
Thu Oct 185° / 64°77° / 51°91° (2019)40° (2003)
Fri Oct 276° / 57°77° / 52°91° (2019)36° (2011)
Sat Oct 373° / 56°75° / 52°86° (2018)36° (2004)
Sun Oct 472° / 51°76° / 52°87° (2002)35° (2010)
Mon Oct 570° / 50°75° / 50°89° (2018)34° (2010)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Mon6:35 AM7:00 AM6:55 PM7:21 PM11 h 55 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue6:35 AM7:01 AM6:54 PM7:19 PM11 h 53 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed6:36 AM7:02 AM6:52 PM7:18 PM11 h 50 min Waning gibbous · 82% lit
Thu6:37 AM7:03 AM6:51 PM7:17 PM11 h 48 min Waning gibbous · 73% lit
Fri6:38 AM7:04 AM6:49 PM7:15 PM11 h 45 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat6:39 AM7:05 AM6:48 PM7:14 PM11 h 43 min Last quarter · 53% lit
Sun6:40 AM7:05 AM6:46 PM7:12 PM11 h 41 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon6:40 AM7:06 AM6:45 PM7:11 PM11 h 39 min Waning crescent · 32% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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