Temperature
73 F at 10 PM; 93 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 70 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 93F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 70F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 24 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 91° today.
Now. Carlisle Municipal Airport is 73° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 57° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 82°, and the coolest Saturday, near 66°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Carlisle Municipal Airport, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 37 miles off.
Highest 55, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 66, moderate, Thu 11 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 0 mph head, on 09 | 5 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 4,494 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 5 mph head, on 18 | None |
Measured here
Every hour from Carlisle (4M3), Carlisle Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 10 PM; 93 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 70 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 52 F, the air 48% saturated; the humidity ran from 23% at 4 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the south at 10 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 10 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.98 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 12 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Carlisle: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Carlisle Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Carlisle4M3
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/240 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
On a farm or research station/10.1 mi away/250 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Uapb-Lonoke FarmS2030
At a soil climate station/10.1 mi away/250 ft/9 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
I-40 Eb White River ReliefARD17
Beside a road/14.4 mi away/174 ft/67 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lonoke 9.5 NNEAR-LK-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.3 mi away/271 ft/30 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Des ArcDESA4
At a cooperative observer's station/16.8 mi away/210 ft/31 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.