Temperature
65 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Marion County Regional Airport is 63° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:40 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Marion County Regional Airport, Arkansas.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.79 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 51° / 231° | 3 mph head, on 04 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Flippin (AWOS) (FLP), Marion County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 58 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
15 mph from the north northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.13 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.2 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 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
Flippin (AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Marion County 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/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hwy 62 HendersonARD31
Beside a road/20.5 mi away/604 ft/115 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Silver HillSVHA4
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.8 mi away/922 ft/203 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bull Shoals ObsBLLA4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/764 ft/45 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bull Shoals 0.8 SEAR-BX-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/510 ft/209 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.