Citizen station GW5898GW5898
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.2 mi away/271 ft/99 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Special Weather Statement, in full
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Sparkman until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sparkman is 66° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the west-northwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Sparkman, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 23 miles off.
Yesterday measured 26, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Sparkman, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Sparkman, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW5898GW5898
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.2 mi away/271 ft/99 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
ArkadelphiaADF
At an airfield/17.7 mi away/189 ft/17 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ouachita River at Camden07362000
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.3 mi away/78 ft/94 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Hwy 167 ThorntonARD05
Beside a road/23.5 mi away/361 ft/189 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Arkadelphia 8.5 ESEAR-CK-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/258 ft/86 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Arkadelphia 2NARKA4
At a cooperative observer's station/19.7 mi away/210 ft/38 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Sparkman, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
64.0 F with a dew point of 58.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.
Calm.
The full report of Arkadelphia, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.