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Ponca, Arkansas

Community in Newton County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Ponca

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Springdale (Springdale-Fayetteville-Bentonville) (AR), 43 miles off.

13Good
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ponca

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 2.75 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
2.75in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ponca, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ponca, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

ComptonCMPA4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/2,153 ft/1,105 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Jasper 13.4 SWAR-NW-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/2,229 ft/1,181 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Harrison/Boone Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.1 mi from Ponca, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,500 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Harrison/Boone Co., height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HROFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARRISON/BOONE CO.SECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHarrison/Boone Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HROTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Harrison/Boone Co.: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HROFIG. B THE AIR AT HARRISON/BOONE CO.THE 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 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEHarrison/Boone Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HROTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Harrison/Boone Co., north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HROFIG. C THE WIND AT HARRISON/BOONE CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHarrison/Boone Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HROTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Harrison/Boone Co., 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 Ponca

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

Near Ponca

River and lake gauges