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Mount Vernon, Arkansas

Town in Faulkner County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Mount Vernon

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 38 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mount Vernon

None in the last 24 hours; 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mount Vernon, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Mount Vernon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Guy - RAWSGYAA4

A remote fire weather station/11.1 mi away/823 ft/398 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank141of 678

440 OverpassARD36

Beside a road/26.5 mi away/246 ft/179 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank603of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Vilonia 1.4 EAR-FK-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/333 ft/92 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cabot 4 SWCABA4

At a cooperative observer's station/18.1 mi away/305 ft/120 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 678

Station report

The weather at Little Rock AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.3 mi from Mount Vernon, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 14,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Little Rock AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 14,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRFFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITTLE ROCK AFBSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 14,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELittle Rock AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LRFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LRF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 57.7 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 14,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Little Rock AFB: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.7, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 14,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRFFIG. B THE AIR AT LITTLE ROCK AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 14,000 FTTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 57.7 FSPREAD 12.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLELittle Rock AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LRFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LRF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Little Rock AFB, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRFFIG. C THE WIND AT LITTLE ROCK AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELittle Rock AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LRFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LRF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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