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Bigelow, Arkansas

Town in Perry County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Bigelow

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 25 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bigelow

None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bigelow, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bigelow, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ConwayCXW

At an airfield/4.5 mi away/268 ft/35 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank451of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Bigelow 0.4 NEAR-PY-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/303 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PerryPERA4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/318 ft/15 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Conway, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Bigelow, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:50 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 8,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Conway, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 8,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CONWAYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEConway, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CXWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CXW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Conway: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXWFIG. B THE AIR AT CONWAYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 8,500 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEConway, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CXW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Conway, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXWFIG. C THE WIND AT CONWAYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEConway, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CXW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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