Storm Station
Helena-West Helena, Arkansas
74°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 74°·Light breeze 4 mph N
Mostly sunny. High near 86, with temperatures falling to around 82 in the afternoon. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
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58%Humidity
59%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Helena-West Helena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Uapb-MariannaS2084

At a soil climate station/19.5 mi away/217 ft/45 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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I-40 & Dawson Forrest CityARD34

Beside a road/35.1 mi away/246 ft/16 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank298of 344

measured daily2 instruments

Helena 0.9 ESEAR-PH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/198 ft/64 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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HelenaHEEA4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/187 ft/75 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 15.4 mi from Helena-West Helena. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:39 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 54.6 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.6, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFFA4FIG. B THE AIR AT SAINT FRANCIS NATIONAL FOREST RAWS NEARTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.2 FTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 54.6 FSPREAD 10.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLESaint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP SFFA4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SFFA4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, 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 SFFA4FIG. C THE WIND AT SAINT FRANCIS NATIONAL FOREST RAWS NEARPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESaint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP SFFA4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SFFA4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 223 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.68 inHg and the temperature at 58.2 F; it reports 65.0 F, 6.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 223 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.68 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFFA4FIG. D WHERE SAINT FRANCIS NATIONAL FOREST RAWS NEAR 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 ATMOSPHERESAINT FRANCIS NATIONAL FOREST RAWS NEAR1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT223 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 HERE29.68 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED65.0 FTITLESaint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SFFA4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SFFA4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Saint Francis National Forest RAWS Near, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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