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Black Springs, Arkansas

Town in Montgomery County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Black Springs

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 40 miles off.

27Good
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Black Springs

None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Black Springs, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Black Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mount IdaMWT

At an airfield/9.5 mi away/791 ft/47 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank447of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Caddo Gap 1.7 NAR-MT-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/691 ft/53 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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HopperHPPA4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/781 ft/37 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mount Ida, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Black Springs, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mount Ida, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWTFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNT IDASECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMount Ida, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MWTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 35 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mount Ida: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 35 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWTFIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNT IDATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 6,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.2 FTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 28.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 35 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 POINTTITLEMount Ida, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mount Ida, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWTFIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNT IDAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMount Ida, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mount Ida, 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.

Near Black Springs

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

Near Black Springs

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