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Parkdale, Arkansas

City in Ashley County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Parkdale

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 51 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Parkdale

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Parkdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MonticelloLLQ

At an airfield/37.6 mi away/269 ft/152 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank102of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Portland CoopPORA4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/131 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank628of 678

Montrose 9.7 NWAR-AS-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.0 mi away/188 ft/71 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Monticello, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 37.6 mi from Parkdale, 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 Monticello, 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 LLQFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONTICELLOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMonticello, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LLQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LLQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 58.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Monticello: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LLQFIG. B THE AIR AT MONTICELLOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.0 FTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 58.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLEMonticello, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LLQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LLQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Monticello, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, 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 LLQFIG. C THE WIND AT MONTICELLOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonticello, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LLQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LLQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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