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Wickes, Arkansas

Town in Polk County, Arkansas

Air quality

The air at Wickes

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Arkadelphia-Caddo Valley (AR), 71 miles off.

32Good
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wickes

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wickes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wickes 2.5 NWAR-PL-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,023 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bogg SpringsBOGA4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/1,240 ft/217 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank29of 678

Station report

The weather at J Lynn Helms/De Queen, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.0 mi from Wickes, Arkansas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over J Lynn Helms/De Queen, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEQFIG. A THE SKY OVER J LYNN HELMS/DE QUEENSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 10,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJ Lynn Helms/De Queen, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DEQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at J Lynn Helms/De Queen: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEQFIG. B THE AIR AT J LYNN HELMS/DE QUEENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEJ Lynn Helms/De Queen, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DEQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at J Lynn Helms/De Queen, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEQFIG. C THE WIND AT J LYNN HELMS/DE QUEENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJ Lynn Helms/De Queen, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DEQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of J Lynn Helms/De Queen, 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 Wickes

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

Near Wickes

River and lake gauges