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Gibson, Arkansas

Community in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Gibson

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 14 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gibson

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Gibson, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Gibson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cabot 4 SWCABA4

At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/305 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 678

Station report

The weather at North Little Rock, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from Gibson, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,100 ft, broken at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over North Little Rock, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORKFIG. A THE SKY OVER NORTH LITTLE ROCKSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENorth Little Rock, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ORKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

78.8 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,100 ft.

Chart of the air at North Little Rock: temperature 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 39 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORKFIG. B THE AIR AT NORTH LITTLE ROCKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 6,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,100 FTTEMPERATURE 78.8 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 39 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 POINTTITLENorth Little Rock, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ORKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at North Little Rock, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 9 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 ORKFIG. C THE WIND AT NORTH LITTLE ROCKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENorth Little Rock, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ORKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of North Little Rock, 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 Gibson

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

Near Gibson

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