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McCaskill, Arkansas

Town in Hempstead County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at McCaskill

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 36 miles off.

25Good
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at McCaskill

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. 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 McCaskill, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest McCaskill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ArkadelphiaADF

At an airfield/35.0 mi away/189 ft/235 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank116of 682

measured daily2 instruments

Washington 2.6 NWAR-HM-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.2 mi away/431 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MurfreesboroMRFA4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/636 ft/212 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Arkadelphia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 35.0 mi from McCaskill, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:55 PM 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 Arkadelphia, 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 ADFFIG. A THE SKY OVER ARKADELPHIASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEArkadelphia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ADFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ADF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Arkadelphia: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADFFIG. B THE AIR AT ARKADELPHIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.7 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 15.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLEArkadelphia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ADF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Arkadelphia, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 6 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 ADFFIG. C THE WIND AT ARKADELPHIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEArkadelphia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ADF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Arkadelphia, 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 McCaskill

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

Near McCaskill

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