Citizen station KJ5NVFKJ5NVF
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/307 ft/9 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 90° today.
Now. Walcott is 72° and mostly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 57° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest Saturday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Walcott, Arkansas.
Air quality
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Dyersburg (TN), 72 miles off.
Yesterday measured 34, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over 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 Walcott, ArkansasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Walcott, 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
Citizen station KJ5NVFKJ5NVF
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/307 ft/9 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
JonesboroJBR
At an airfield/14.6 mi away/259 ft/57 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cache River at Egypt07077380
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.6 mi away/224 ft/92 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
U.S 63 Hwy. Black Rock RiverARD28
Beside a road/24.2 mi away/266 ft/50 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Paragould 8.4 WAR-GN-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/390 ft/74 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ParagouldPGLA4
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/276 ft/40 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Walcott, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
78.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,300 ft up.
From the southwest (230 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.
The full report of Jonesboro, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Paragould (PGLA4), 9.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.