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Bowman, Arkansas

Community in Craighead County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Bowman

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Memphis (TN), 57 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone42Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bowman

None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bowman, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bowman, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

JonesboroJBR

At an airfield/8.1 mi away/259 ft/22 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 678

Uapb-EarleS2085

At a soil climate station/37.7 mi away/213 ft/24 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank485of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Brookland 0.4 NNEAR-CG-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/264 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

JonesboroJBRA4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/367 ft/130 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank57of 678

Station report

The weather at Jonesboro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Bowman, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 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 Jonesboro, 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 JBRFIG. A THE SKY OVER JONESBOROSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEJonesboro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JBRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JBR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

80.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 42 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Jonesboro: temperature 80.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 42 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JBRFIG. B THE AIR AT JONESBOROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.5 FTEMPERATURE 80.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 25.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 42 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 POINTTITLEJonesboro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JBRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JBR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Jonesboro, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JBRFIG. C THE WIND AT JONESBOROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJonesboro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JBRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JBR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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Near Bowman

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

Near Bowman

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