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Pencil Bluff, Arkansas

Community in Montgomery County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Pencil Bluff

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 48 miles off.

25Good
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pencil Bluff

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pencil Bluff, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pencil Bluff, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OdenODEA4

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/915 ft/174 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank180of 678

Mount IdaMWT

At an airfield/10.5 mi away/791 ft/50 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank447of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Pencil Bluff 2.1 NWAR-MT-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/857 ft/116 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WashitaWSHA4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/610 ft/131 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mount Ida, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.5 mi from Pencil Bluff, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mount Ida, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 4,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 4,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, 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

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; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Mount Ida: 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 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 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

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mount Ida, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 3 miles an hour; 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 STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG 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

Elsewhere in Arkansas

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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

Near Pencil Bluff

River and lake gauges