Temperature
67 F at 10 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 67 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 67F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 92F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 67F
- 9 PM
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. Saline County Regional Airport is 74° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 56° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 82°, and the coolest Saturday, near 65°. 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 south-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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Saline County Regional Airport, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 12 miles off.
Highest 55, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 unlit | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 20° / 200° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Benton (SUZ), Saline County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
67 F at 10 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 67 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 57 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 3 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 1 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.03 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 12 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 3 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
Benton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Saline 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 now4 instruments
BentonSUZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/377 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fourche Creek - University Ave.FCUA4
On a college campus/11.1 mi away/259 ft/131 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/11.9 mi away/413 ft/23 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Uapb Campus-PBS2083
At a soil climate station/34.9 mi away/232 ft/158 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bryant 1.5 SWAR-SL-45
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/360 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Benton Water PlantBENA4
At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/320 ft/70 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Benton Water Plant (BENA4), 7.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.