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Lonoke, Arkansas

City in Lonoke County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Lonoke

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 26 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lonoke

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Lonoke, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lonoke, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Carlisle4M3

At an airfield/10.9 mi away/240 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank455of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Lonoke 9.5 NNEAR-LK-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.9 mi away/271 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KeoKEOA4

At a cooperative observer's station/13.7 mi away/230 ft/13 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Carlisle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.9 mi from Lonoke, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Carlisle, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4M3FIG. A THE SKY OVER CARLISLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECarlisle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4M3TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4M3-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Carlisle: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4M3FIG. B THE AIR AT CARLISLETHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 7.2 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 POINTTITLECarlisle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4M3TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4M3-2DRAWN 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 Carlisle, 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 4M3FIG. C THE WIND AT CARLISLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECarlisle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4M3TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4M3-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Carlisle, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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