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Sweet Home, Arkansas

Community in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Sweet Home

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 7 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sweet Home

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Sweet Home, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Sweet Home, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wrightsville 1.0 SEAR-PS-59

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/232 ft/53 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KeoKEOA4

At a cooperative observer's station/14.8 mi away/230 ft/55 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Little Rock/Adams, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Sweet Home, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 Little Rock/Adams, 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 LITFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITTLE ROCK/ADAMSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELittle Rock/Adams, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LITTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LIT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Little Rock/Adams: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LITFIG. B THE AIR AT LITTLE ROCK/ADAMSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.6 FTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 56.0 FSPREAD 15.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLELittle Rock/Adams, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LITTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LIT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Little Rock/Adams, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LITFIG. C THE WIND AT LITTLE ROCK/ADAMSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELittle Rock/Adams, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LITTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LIT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Little Rock/Adams, 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 Sweet Home

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

Near Sweet Home

River and lake gauges