Storm Station
Chidester, Arkansas
71°
Clear· Feels like 71°·Calm 1 mph E
Mostly clear, with a low around 62. East northeast wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
71%Humidity
9%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Chidester, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Bluff City 3SW RAWSBLRA4

A remote fire weather station/8.0 mi away/371 ft/87 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank42of 344

CamdenCDH

At an airfield/15.9 mi away/130 ft/154 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Bluff City 2.3 SSEAR-NV-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/271 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Camden 1CADA4

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/115 ft/169 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bluff City 3SW RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.0 mi from Chidester. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:10 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 61.3 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bluff City 3SW RAWS: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.3, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLRA4FIG. B THE AIR AT BLUFF CITY 3SW RAWSTHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.2 FTEMPERATURE 66.0 FDEW POINT 61.3 FSPREAD 4.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEBluff City 3SW RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BLRA4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BLRA4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Bluff City 3SW RAWS, 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 BLRA4FIG. C THE WIND AT BLUFF CITY 3SW RAWSPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBluff City 3SW RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BLRA4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BLRA4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 371 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.52 inHg and the temperature at 57.7 F; it reports 66.0 F, 8.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Bluff City 3SW RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 371 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.52 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLRA4FIG. D WHERE BLUFF CITY 3SW RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBLUFF CITY 3SW RAWS1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT371 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.52 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED66.0 FTITLEBluff City 3SW RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BLRA4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BLRA4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Bluff City 3SW RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Camden 1 (CADA4), 13.8 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Arkansas

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Chidester

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