Temperature
66 F at 3 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 66F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport, Arkansas
Small airport in Sevier County, ArkansasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...From 10 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 28 to 69 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
66°
67°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport is 66° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 56° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 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 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 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.
0UV Low
26Air quality
76%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6750
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7041
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7238
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7841
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8344
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8647
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8949
overcast
66°
67°50°
70°41°
72°38°
78°41°
83°44°
86°47°
89°49°
As of 3:00 AM in J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 75 miles off.
26Good
- Ozone26Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DEQ
- ICAO
- KDEQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 355 ft
- Serves
- DeQueen
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DEQ
- Wind now
- From 330° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:23
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 83° / 263° | 4 mph head, on 26 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from J Lynn Helms/De Queen (DEQ), J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 58 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 58F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 75%
- Humidity, range
- 32 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the north at 3 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.15inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
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
J Lynn Helms/De Queen: 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 J Lynn Helms Sevier County 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/354 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hwy 71 at Rxr Overpass De Queen AR USARD08
Beside a road/7.6 mi away/614 ft/259 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
De Queen 2.0 WAR-SV-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/418 ft/63 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DequeenDQEA4
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/436 ft/81 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Dequeen (DQEA4), 2.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Arkansas
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- De Queencity, 3 mi
- Horatiocity, 8 mi
- Gillhamtown, 10 mi
- Lockesburgcity, 14 mi
- Granniscity, 15 mi
- Winthropcity, 15 mi
- Wickestown, 18 mi
- Alleenecommunity, 21 mi
- Ben Lomondtown, 22 mi
- Foremancity, 22 mi
- Dierkscity, 22 mi
- Vandervoorttown, 23 mi
Airports near J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport
- Mena Intermountain Municipal AirportMEZ, 36 mi
- Texarkana Regional Airport (Webb Field)TXK, 47 mi
- Dexter B Florence Memorial FieldADF, 76 mi
- Memorial Field AirportHOT, 80 mi
- Magnolia Municipal Airport / Ralph C Weiser FieldAGO, 88 mi
- Fort Smith Regional AirportFSM, 89 mi
- Harrell FieldCDH, 98 mi
- South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin FieldELD, 108 mi