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Bassett, Arkansas

Town in Mississippi County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Bassett

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Memphis (TN), 31 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bassett

None in the last 24 hours; 0.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bassett, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Bassett, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bassett, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Uapb-EarleS2085

At a soil climate station/25.3 mi away/213 ft/25 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank485of 678

measured daily2 instruments

NE Ar Experiment StationKEIA4

On a farm or research station/10.7 mi away/226 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Tyronza 2.1 NAR-PN-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.9 mi away/215 ft/23 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at West Memphis Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.2 mi from Bassett, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:28 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, broken at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over West Memphis Muni, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWMFIG. A THE SKY OVER WEST MEMPHIS MUNISECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWest Memphis Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AWMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at West Memphis Muni: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWMFIG. B THE AIR AT WEST MEMPHIS MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEWest Memphis Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at West Memphis Muni, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWMFIG. C THE WIND AT WEST MEMPHIS MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWest Memphis Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of West Memphis Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arkansas

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bassett

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