In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.4 mi away/377 ft/79 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Fouke until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fouke is 68° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 58° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Fouke, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 51 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Fouke, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Fouke, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.4 mi away/377 ft/79 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
I-49 DoddridgeARD01
Beside a road/12.5 mi away/213 ft/85 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/14.5 mi away/390 ft/92 ft above here
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Red River at Index07337000
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.9 mi away/247 ft/51 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fouke 2.6 NAR-ML-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/316 ft/18 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LewisvilleLEWA4
At a cooperative observer's station/19.8 mi away/358 ft/60 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Fouke, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
70.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.
From the northwest (320 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Lewisville (LEWA4), 19.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.