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Memorial Field Airport, Arkansas

Medium airport in Garland County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Memorial Field Airport

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 21 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Memorial Field Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Memorial Field Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
HOT
ICAO
KHOT
IATA
HOT
Field elevation
540 ft
Serves
Hot Springs
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
HOT
Wind now
Variable at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 236,595 ft150 ftAsphalt54° / 234°--
13 / 314,098 ft100 ftAsphalt134° / 314°--
052313312,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Hot Springs (HOT), Memorial Field Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

74 F at 10 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 72 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now
74F
10 PM
Highest
92F
2 PM
Lowest
72F
9 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Hot Springs, temperature from 72.0 to 92.0, the latest 74.0; dew point from 48.0 to 73.0, the latest 54.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 54 F, the air 50% saturated; the humidity ran from 22% at 3 PM to 90% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
54F
10 PM
Humidity now
50%
Humidity, range
22 to 90%
Relative humidity at Hot Springs, relative humidity from 22 to 90, the latest 50, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

3 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 9 AM.

Now
3mph
from the northwest
Strongest
10mph
9 AM
Highest gust
20mph
9 AM
Wind and Gust at Hot Springs, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 3; gust from 17 to 20, the latest 17, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph05101520Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Hot Springs, wind direction from 40 to 330, the latest 320, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.05 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.05inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.05inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Hot Springs, pressure, altimeter from 29.97 to 30.08, the latest 30.05, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9530.0030.0530.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 6 miles at 1 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
6mi
1 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Hot Springs, visibility from 6.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 12,000 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
12,000ft
6 AM
Hours with a base reported
2
Lowest cloud base at Hot Springs, lowest cloud base from 12,000 to 12,000, the latest 12,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft1199911999.51200012000.512001Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMVFR

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

Hot Springs: 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 Memorial Field Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hot SpringsHOT

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/541 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Hot Spring Hwy 70 & 70BARD09

Beside a road/7.1 mi away/456 ft/84 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

JessievilleJVLA4

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.3 mi away/679 ft/139 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Hot Springs 3.4 SWAR-GL-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/441 ft/99 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Park ServiceHOTA4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/827 ft/287 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Park Service (HOTA4), 3.7 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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