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Wheatley, Arkansas

City in St. Francis County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Wheatley

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Hernando (MS), 64 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wheatley

None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 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
0.09in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Wheatley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Uapb-MariannaS2084

At a soil climate station/18.9 mi away/217 ft/11 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank480of 678

measured daily2 instruments

Biscoe 0.3 WNWAR-PR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.5 mi away/188 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank476of 678

Des ArcDESA4

At a cooperative observer's station/22.4 mi away/210 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Colt - Delta Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.3 mi from Wheatley, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Colt - Delta Regional, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DRPFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLT - DELTA REGIONALSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEColt - Delta Regional, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DRPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRP-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 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Colt - Delta Regional: 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 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DRPFIG. B THE AIR AT COLT - DELTA REGIONALTHE 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, OVC 2,300 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 POINTTITLEColt - Delta Regional, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DRPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Colt - Delta Regional, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DRPFIG. C THE WIND AT COLT - DELTA REGIONALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColt - Delta Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DRPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Colt - Delta Regional, 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.

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

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