Storm Station
Friendship, Arkansas
71°
Clear· Feels like 71°·Calm 1 mph NE
Partly cloudy. Low around 61, with temperatures rising to around 65 overnight. North wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
73%Humidity
9%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Friendship, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ArkadelphiaADF

At an airfield/9.3 mi away/189 ft/120 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank26of 344

Hot Spring Hwy 70 & 70BARD09

Beside a road/19.4 mi away/456 ft/147 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank311of 344

JessievilleJVLA4

At a river or reservoir gauge/34.6 mi away/679 ft/370 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank37of 344

measured daily2 instruments

Arkadelphia 2NARKA4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/210 ft/99 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Arkadelphia 3.6 NWAR-CK-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/292 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Arkadelphia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Friendship. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 16,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Arkadelphia, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 16,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADFFIG. A THE SKY OVER ARKADELPHIASECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 16,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEArkadelphia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ADFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ADF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 16,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Arkadelphia: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 16,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADFFIG. B THE AIR AT ARKADELPHIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 16,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEArkadelphia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ADF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Arkadelphia, 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 ADFFIG. C THE WIND AT ARKADELPHIAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEArkadelphia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ADF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Arkadelphia, 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 Friendship

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