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St. Francis, Arkansas

City in Clay County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at St. Francis

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Dyersburg (TN), 51 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at St. Francis

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at St. Francis, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

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On the radar over St. Francis, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest St. Francis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Corning4M9

At an airfield/28.2 mi away/293 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank457of 678

measured daily2 instruments

St FrancisSFRA4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/289 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Pollard 1.9 WAR-CY-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/390 ft/92 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Corning, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.2 mi from St. Francis, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Corning, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4M9FIG. A THE SKY OVER CORNINGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECorning, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4M9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4M9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Corning: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4M9FIG. B THE AIR AT CORNINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 60.8 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLECorning, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4M9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4M9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Corning, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4M9FIG. C THE WIND AT CORNINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECorning, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4M9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4M9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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