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Ward, Arkansas

City in Lonoke County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Ward

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Little Rock-North Little Rock (AR), 30 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 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ward

None in the last 24 hours; 0.32 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.32in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ward, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

440 OverpassARD36

Beside a road/16.7 mi away/246 ft/16 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank603of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Beebe 2.9 WSWAR-WH-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/238 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cabot 4 SWCABA4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/305 ft/43 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 678

Station report

The weather at Little Rock AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.8 mi from Ward, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:00 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,600 ft, broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Little Rock AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRFFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITTLE ROCK AFBSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELittle Rock AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LRFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LRF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Little Rock AFB: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRFFIG. B THE AIR AT LITTLE ROCK AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LRFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LRF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Little Rock AFB, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LRFFIG. C THE WIND AT LITTLE ROCK AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELittle Rock AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LRFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LRF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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