Temperature
76 F at 9 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 73 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 76F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 73F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 87° today.
Now. Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport is 75° and mostly cloudy at 9 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:58 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Roland (OK), 66 miles off.
Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,485 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 92° / 272° | 11 mph head, on 27 | 4 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 173° / 353° | 5 mph head, on 35 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Mena Intermountain Muni (MEZ), Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
76 F at 9 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 73 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 22% at 4 PM to 92% at 10 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
9 mph from the west northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 21 mph at 3 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 8 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,100 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 11 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
The 5 instruments nearest Mena Intermountain Municipal 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/1,079 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hwy 71 Y CityARD13
Beside a road/16.6 mi away/679 ft/401 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
OdenODEA4
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.2 mi away/915 ft/165 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mena 1.2 ESEAR-PL-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,083 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MenaMENA4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/1,093 ft/13 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.