Temperature
62 F at 12 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 9 AM.
- Now
- 62F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 56F
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Walnut Ridge Regional Airport, Arkansas
Small airport in Lawrence County, Arkansas62°
64°/54°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 62°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNW
Now. Walnut Ridge Regional Airport is 62° and partly cloudy at 1 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV High
-Air quality
43%Humidity
42%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
62feels62
16mph
UV 6
Today
Oct 16
6454
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
6344
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6737
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7239
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7542
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7845
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8147
overcast
62°
64°54°
63°44°
67°37°
72°39°
75°42°
78°45°
81°47°
As of 1:00 PM in Walnut Ridge Regional Airport, Arkansas.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Walnut Ridge Regional Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.12in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 17%
Visibility
How far you can see at Walnut Ridge Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ARG
- ICAO
- KARG
- IATA
- ARG
- Field elevation
- 279 ft
- Serves
- Walnut Ridge
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ARG
- Wind now
- From 310° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 6,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 45° / 225° | 1 mph head, on 22 | 16 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 unlit | 5,003 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | 16 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 5,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 10 mph head, on 36 | 12 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Walnut Ridge (AWOS) (ARG), Walnut Ridge Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 46% saturated; the humidity ran from 34% at 3 PM Thursday to 74% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 12 PM
- Humidity now
- 46%
- Humidity, range
- 34 to 74%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north northwest at 1 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 8 AM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 9 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.27 inHg at 1 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.27inHg
- 1 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,200 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,200ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Walnut Ridge (AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Walnut Ridge Regional 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/272 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
U.S 63 Hwy. Black Rock RiverARD28
Beside a road/9.8 mi away/266 ft/13 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Evening Shade-RAWSESDA4
A remote fire weather station/35.7 mi away/489 ft/210 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Walnut Ridge 6.5 SEAR-LW-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/247 ft/32 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Site 1PCHA4
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/322 ft/43 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arkansas
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
BatesvillecityBentonvillecityBuffalo National RiverfeatureConwaycityEl DoradocityEureka SpringstownFayettevillecityFort SmithcityHarrisoncityHot SpringscityJonesborocityLake OuachitafeatureLittle RockcityMount MagazinefeatureMountain HomecityOuachita National ForestfeatureOzark National ForestfeaturePine BluffcityRogerscityRussellvillecitySearcycitySpringdalecityTexarkanacity
Near Walnut Ridge Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Walnut Ridgecity, 4 mi
- Hoxiecity, 6 mi
- O'Keantown, 7 mi
- Portiatown, 8 mi
- Black Rockcity, 10 mi
- Pocahontascity, 10 mi
- Sedgwicktown, 11 mi
- Powhatantown, 11 mi
- Minturntown, 11 mi
- Delaplainetown, 13 mi
- Imbodentown, 15 mi
- Walcottcommunity, 15 mi
Airports near Walnut Ridge Regional Airport
- Corning Municipal Airport4M9, 25 mi
- Jonesboro Municipal AirportJBR, 26 mi
- Newport Regional AirportM19, 36 mi
- Batesville Regional AirportBVX, 49 mi
- Melbourne Municipal John E Miller Field42A, 51 mi
- Arkansas International AirportBYH, 56 mi
- Blytheville Municipal AirportHKA, 62 mi
- Delta Regional AirportDRP, 70 mi