Cossatot River near DeQueen07340500
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.8 mi away/336 ft/101 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ben Lomond, Arkansas
Town in Sevier County, ArkansasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...From 10 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 28 to 69 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
69°
67°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 8 mph NW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Ben Lomond until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ben Lomond is 69° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 57° by 8 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 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:54 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
80%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6754
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6943
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7140
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7743
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8247
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8650
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8852
overcast
69°
67°54°
69°43°
71°40°
77°43°
82°47°
86°50°
88°52°
As of 1:00 AM in Ben Lomond, Arkansas.
Air quality
The air at Ben Lomond
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 63 miles off.
25Good
- Ozone25Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ben Lomond
None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ben Lomond, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Ben Lomond, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Ben Lomond, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank388of 678
At an airfield/21.8 mi away/354 ft/83 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-30 Red RiverARD04
Beside a road/23.5 mi away/266 ft/171 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.3 mi away/377 ft/60 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ashdown 6.7 ENEAR-LR-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/321 ft/116 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Millwood DamMWOA4
At a dam/13.0 mi away/341 ft/96 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at J Lynn Helms/De Queen, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 21.8 mi from Ben Lomond, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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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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Near Ben Lomond
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wiltoncity, 6 mi
- Alleenecommunity, 9 mi
- Yarborough Landingcommunity, 10 mi
- Lockesburgcity, 10 mi
- Ashdowncity, 11 mi
- Mineral Springscity, 12 mi
- Tollettetown, 13 mi
- Winthropcity, 13 mi
- Saratogacommunity, 14 mi
- Horatiocity, 15 mi
- Center Pointcommunity, 17 mi
- Foremancity, 17 mi