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Bradford, Arkansas

City in White County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Bradford

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 70 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bradford

None in the last 24 hours; 0.14 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
0.14in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bradford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

NewportM19

At an airfield/21.5 mi away/239 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank95of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Bradford 0.4 SSWAR-WH-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/233 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

AugustaAUGA4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/207 ft/44 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Newport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.5 mi from Bradford, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:29 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Newport, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M19FIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWPORTSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENewport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M19TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M19-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Newport: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M19FIG. B THE AIR AT NEWPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLENewport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M19TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M19-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Newport, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M19FIG. C THE WIND AT NEWPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M19TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M19-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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