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Floral, Arkansas

Community in Independence County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Floral

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 68 miles off.

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

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Floral

None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Floral, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Floral, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wilburn 2.8 SSEAR-CB-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.9 mi away/436 ft/384 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Batesville (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.7 mi from Floral, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, broken at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Batesville (AWOS), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVXFIG. A THE SKY OVER BATESVILLE (AWOS)SECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBatesville (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BVXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

74.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 79 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 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Batesville (AWOS): temperature 74.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 79 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 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVXFIG. B THE AIR AT BATESVILLE (AWOS)THE 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 65.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 74.0 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEBatesville (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Batesville (AWOS), north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BVXFIG. C THE WIND AT BATESVILLE (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBatesville (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BVXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BVX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Batesville (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at BATESVILLE L&D 1 (BATA4), 13.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Floral

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

Near Floral

River and lake gauges