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Carlisle, Arkansas

City in Lonoke County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Carlisle

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 35 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Carlisle

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Carlisle, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Carlisle, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Carlisle4M3

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/240 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank455of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Lonoke 9.5 NNEAR-LK-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.4 mi away/271 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Des ArcDESA4

At a cooperative observer's station/19.2 mi away/210 ft/22 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Carlisle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Carlisle, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 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 Carlisle, 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 4M3FIG. A THE SKY OVER CARLISLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECarlisle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4M3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4M3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Carlisle: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4M3FIG. B THE AIR AT CARLISLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 4,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.4 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 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 POINTTITLECarlisle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4M3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4M3-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carlisle, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4M3FIG. C THE WIND AT CARLISLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarlisle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4M3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4M3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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