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Staves, Arkansas

Community in Cleveland County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Staves

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 48 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Staves

None in the last 24 hours; 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

How far you can see at Staves, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Staves, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fordyce 6.6 NNWAR-DL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.5 mi away/276 ft/34 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank61of 678

FordyceFRDA4

At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/285 ft/43 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, 22.2 mi from Staves, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pine Bluff/Grider, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 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

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pine Bluff/Grider: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.1 FTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 57.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 west (280 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pine Bluff/Grider, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light 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 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fordyce (FRDA4), 16.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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

Near Staves

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

Near Staves

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