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Tupelo, Arkansas

Town in Jackson County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Tupelo

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Memphis (TN), 72 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone42Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tupelo

None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tupelo, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Tupelo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

NewportM19

At an airfield/17.2 mi away/239 ft/24 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank95of 678

measured daily2 instruments

McCrory 0.6 NAR-WD-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/203 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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AugustaAUGA4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/207 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Newport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.2 mi from Tupelo, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:56 PM 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 Newport, 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 M19FIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWPORTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLENewport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M19TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M19-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Newport: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M19FIG. B THE AIR AT NEWPORTTHE 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 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.3 FTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 56.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLENewport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M19TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M19-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Newport, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 7 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 M19FIG. C THE WIND AT NEWPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M19TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M19-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Newport, 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 Tupelo

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

Near Tupelo

River and lake gauges