Temperature
75 F at 9 PM; 93 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 71 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 75F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 93F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 71F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 24 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 90° today.
Now. Russellville Regional Airport is 74° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the west-northwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Russellville Regional Airport, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 56 miles off.
Highest 55, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 5,505 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 75° / 255° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Russellville Municipal Airport (RUE), Russellville Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
75 F at 9 PM; 93 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 71 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 68 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 2 PM to 100% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 2 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.02 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 15 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 6 instruments nearest Russellville Regional 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 now4 instruments
Russellville Municipal AirportRUE
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/404 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.1 mi away/315 ft/89 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Uapb Point RemoveS2090
At a soil climate station/10.1 mi away/315 ft/89 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
I-40 Big Piney CreekARD19
Beside a road/14.7 mi away/344 ft/60 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Russellville 2.5 ENEAR-PP-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/407 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DardanelleDDLA4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/364 ft/40 ft below 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.