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Helena-West Helena, Arkansas

City in Phillips County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Helena-West Helena

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hernando (MS), 42 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone40Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Helena-West Helena

None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Helena-West Helena, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Helena-West Helena, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Helena-West Helena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Uapb-MariannaS2084

At a soil climate station/19.5 mi away/217 ft/45 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank480of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Helena 0.9 ESEAR-PH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/198 ft/64 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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HelenaHEEA4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/187 ft/75 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 15.4 mi from Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:39 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

80.0 F with a dew point of 52.1 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near: temperature 80.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.1, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFFA4FIG. B THE AIR AT SAINT FRANCIS NATIONAL FOREST RAWS NEARTHE 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 6,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.0 FTEMPERATURE 80.0 FDEW POINT 52.1 FSPREAD 27.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLESaint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP SFFA4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFFA4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (188 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 10 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, north up: blowing from 188 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 10; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFFA4FIG. C THE WIND AT SAINT FRANCIS NATIONAL FOREST RAWS NEARPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 188°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESaint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP SFFA4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFFA4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 223 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.68 inHg and the temperature at 58.2 F; it reports 80.0 F, 21.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 223 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.68 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFFA4FIG. D WHERE SAINT FRANCIS NATIONAL FOREST RAWS NEAR STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESAINT FRANCIS NATIONAL FOREST RAWS NEAR1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT223 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.68 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED80.0 FTITLESaint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SFFA4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFFA4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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