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Lonsdale, Arkansas

Town in Garland County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Lonsdale

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 29 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lonsdale

None in the last 24 hours; 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lonsdale, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lonsdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Hot SpringsHOT

At an airfield/16.9 mi away/541 ft/107 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank452of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Lonsdale 0.2 SEAR-GL-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/430 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MalvernMLVA4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/381 ft/53 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank54of 678

Station report

The weather at Hot Springs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.9 mi from Lonsdale, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hot Springs, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOTFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOT SPRINGSSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHot Springs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hot Springs: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOTFIG. B THE AIR AT HOT SPRINGSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.8 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEHot Springs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HOTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hot Springs, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOTFIG. C THE WIND AT HOT SPRINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHot Springs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HOTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hot Springs, 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 Lonsdale

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

Near Lonsdale

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