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Junction City, Arkansas

City in Union County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Junction City

Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 53 miles off.

68Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Junction City

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Junction City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Junction City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Junction City 6.8 NNWAR-UN-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/206 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at El Dorado/Goodwin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.9 mi from Junction City, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:26 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over El Dorado/Goodwin, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELDFIG. A THE SKY OVER EL DORADO/GOODWINSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEl Dorado/Goodwin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ELDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at El Dorado/Goodwin: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELDFIG. B THE AIR AT EL DORADO/GOODWINTHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEEl Dorado/Goodwin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at El Dorado/Goodwin, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ELDFIG. C THE WIND AT EL DORADO/GOODWINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEl Dorado/Goodwin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ELDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ELD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of El Dorado/Goodwin, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Ouachita River 7 SE Thatcher L&D (CALA4), 24.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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Near Junction City

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Near Junction City

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