Temperature
67 F at 6 AM; 93 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 67F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 93F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field, Arkansas
Medium airport in Jefferson County, ArkansasSpecial Weather Statement, in full
A cold frontal passage across the state early Friday will promote strong north to northwest winds 15-20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph through the afternoon hours. Very dry fuels combined with afternoon minimum RH's dipping below 40 percent will promote an elevated fire weather concern. Please heed any burn bans by refraining from any outdoor burning.
65°
69°/57°
Overcast·
Feels like 65°·Moderate breeze 18 mph N
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Pine Bluff Regional Airport until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pine Bluff Regional Airport is 65° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north at 18 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 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 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:44 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
71%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
65feels65
18mph
Today
Oct 16
6957
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6744
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7139
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7542
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8045
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8347
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8648
overcast
65°
69°57°
67°44°
71°39°
75°42°
80°45°
83°47°
86°48°
As of 7:00 AM in Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 45 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone13Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 15
- 40TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 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 Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PBF
- ICAO
- KPBF
- IATA
- PBF
- Field elevation
- 206 ft
- Serves
- Pine Bluff
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PBF
- Wind now
- From 340° at 18 mph, read 16 Oct, 06:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,998 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 17 mph head, on 36 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pine Bluff/Grider (PBF), Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 57 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 20% at 4 PM Thursday to 80% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 57F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 70%
- Humidity, range
- 20 to 80%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north northwest at 7 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 6 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 5 AM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 6 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.16 inHg at 7 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.16inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.07inHg
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 1,700 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,700ft
- 6 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Pine Bluff/Grider: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field, 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/207 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Uapb Campus-Pb ScanUAPA4
On a college campus/7.5 mi away/232 ft/26 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Uapb Campus-PBS2083
At a soil climate station/7.5 mi away/232 ft/26 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Hwy. 165 PendletonARD07
Beside a road/34.4 mi away/180 ft/26 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pine Bluff 7.9 EAR-JF-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/202 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pine BluffPBOA4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/233 ft/27 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.
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Near Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pine Bluffcity, 5 mi
- White Hallcity, 11 mi
- Sulphur Springscommunity, 11 mi
- Altheimercity, 12 mi
- Sherrilltown, 15 mi
- Gradycity, 15 mi
- Wabbasekatown, 15 mi
- Woodlawncommunity, 16 mi
- Star Citycity, 17 mi
- Tuckercommunity, 18 mi
- Risoncity, 21 mi
- Humphreycity, 22 mi
Airports near Pine Bluff Regional Airport, Grider Field
- Stuttgart Municipal Airport / Carl Humphrey FieldSGT, 36 mi
- Monticello Municipal Ellis FieldLLQ, 38 mi
- Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams FieldLIT, 42 mi
- Saline County Regional AirportSUZ, 42 mi
- Carlisle Municipal Airport4M3, 46 mi
- North Little Rock Municipal AirportORK, 49 mi
- Little Rock Air Force BaseLRF, 53 mi
- Harrell FieldCDH, 61 mi