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Bull Shoals, Arkansas

City in Marion County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Bull Shoals

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Springfield (MO), 73 miles off.

17Good
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bull Shoals

None in the last 24 hours; 0.70 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
0.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bull Shoals, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bull Shoals, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Bull Shoals 0.9 NNWAR-MR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/755 ft/25 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bull Shoals 1SBSHA4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/680 ft/100 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank578of 678

Station report

The weather at Mountain Home/Baxter County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.4 mi from Bull Shoals, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,700 ft, overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mountain Home/Baxter County, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPKFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNTAIN HOME/BAXTER COUNTYSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMountain Home/Baxter County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BPKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BPK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Mountain Home/Baxter County: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPKFIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNTAIN HOME/BAXTER COUNTYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEMountain Home/Baxter County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BPK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mountain Home/Baxter County, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BPKFIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNTAIN HOME/BAXTER COUNTYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMountain Home/Baxter County, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BPKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BPK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mountain Home/Baxter County, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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