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Mount Ida, Arkansas

City in Montgomery County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Mount Ida

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 40 miles off.

24Good
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mount Ida

None in the last 24 hours; 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.72in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mount Ida, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mount Ida, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mount IdaMWT

At an airfield/3.2 mi away/791 ft/109 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank447of 678

OdenODEA4

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.1 mi away/915 ft/233 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank180of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Mount Ida 5 SEMOUA4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/689 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank410of 678

Caddo Gap 1.7 NAR-MT-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/691 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mount Ida, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.2 mi from Mount Ida, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:03 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mount Ida, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWTFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNT IDASECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMount Ida, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MWTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 58.0 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; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Mount Ida: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWTFIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNT IDATHE 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 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 58.0 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 POINTTITLEMount Ida, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mount Ida, north up: at 3 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWTFIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNT IDAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMount Ida, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mount Ida 5 SE (MOUA4), 5.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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Near Mount Ida

River and lake gauges