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Forrest City, Arkansas

City in St. Francis County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Forrest City

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Memphis (TN), 45 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate-
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Forrest City

None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 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
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Forrest City, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Forrest City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Uapb-MariannaS2084

At a soil climate station/15.4 mi away/217 ft/30 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank480of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Widener 4.9 NNEAR-SF-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/206 ft/41 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WynneWYYA4

At a cooperative observer's station/17.0 mi away/249 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Colt - Delta Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.0 mi from Forrest City, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:50 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 Colt - Delta Regional, 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 DRPFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLT - DELTA REGIONALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEColt - Delta Regional, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DRPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Colt - Delta Regional: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DRPFIG. B THE AIR AT COLT - DELTA REGIONALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.9 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 57.2 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLEColt - Delta Regional, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DRPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Colt - Delta Regional, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, 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 DRPFIG. C THE WIND AT COLT - DELTA REGIONALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColt - Delta Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DRPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Colt - Delta Regional, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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

Near Forrest City

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

Near Forrest City

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