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Fordyce, Arkansas

City in Dallas County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Fordyce

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 47 miles off.

24Good
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fordyce

None in the last 24 hours; 0.61 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
0.61in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Fordyce, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

CamdenCDH

At an airfield/23.8 mi away/130 ft/152 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank635of 678

measured daily2 instruments

FordyceFRDA4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/285 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank55of 678

Thornton 4.5 SEAR-CN-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/255 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Camden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.8 mi from Fordyce, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Camden, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDHFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAMDENSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECamden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CDHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 63.7 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Camden: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.7, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDHFIG. B THE AIR AT CAMDENTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 63.7 FSPREAD 6.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLECamden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Camden, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 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 CDHFIG. C THE WIND AT CAMDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECamden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fordyce (FRDA4), 1.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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Near Fordyce

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Near Fordyce

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