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Rison, Arkansas

City in Cleveland County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Rison

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 53 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rison

None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rison, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Rison, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Star City 6.9 WSWAR-LN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.8 mi away/221 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FordyceFRDA4

At a cooperative observer's station/15.5 mi away/285 ft/29 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank55of 678

Station report

The weather at Pine Bluff/Grider, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.0 mi from Rison, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,700 ft, overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pine Bluff/Grider, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBFFIG. A THE SKY OVER PINE BLUFF/GRIDERSECTION, 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 7,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPine Bluff/Grider, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PBFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBF-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

63.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Pine Bluff/Grider: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBFFIG. B THE AIR AT PINE BLUFF/GRIDERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,700 FTTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 19.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 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 POINTTITLEPine Bluff/Grider, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pine Bluff/Grider, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBFFIG. C THE WIND AT PINE BLUFF/GRIDERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPine Bluff/Grider, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pine Bluff/Grider, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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