Special Weather Statement, in full
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Dexter B Florence Memorial Field until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Dexter B Florence Memorial Field is 65° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Dexter B Florence Memorial Field, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 6 miles off.
Yesterday measured 26, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 42° / 222° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Arkadelphia (ADF), Dexter B Florence Memorial Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
67 F at 10 PM Thursday; 94 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 58 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 26% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the south southeast at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 9 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 6 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 17,000 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 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
Arkadelphia: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Dexter B Florence Memorial Field, 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 now3 instruments
ArkadelphiaADF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/189 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-30 Okolona at The Little Misso AR USARD06
Beside a road/19.4 mi away/210 ft/28 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Bluff City 3SW RAWSBLRA4
A remote fire weather station/28.7 mi away/371 ft/189 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Arkadelphia 2.0 WSWAR-CK-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/350 ft/168 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Arkadelphia 2NARKA4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/210 ft/28 ft above 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.