Storm Station
Kirby, Arkansas
68°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 68°·Light air 1 mph E
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. East northeast wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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-Air quality
81%Humidity
39%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kirby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mount IdaMWT

At an airfield/20.1 mi away/791 ft/112 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 344

OdenODEA4

At a river or reservoir gauge/26.9 mi away/915 ft/236 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank73of 344

measured daily2 instruments

HopperHPPA4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/781 ft/102 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Murfreesboro 7.5 ENEAR-PK-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.6 mi away/672 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mount Ida, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.1 mi from Kirby. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mount Ida, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWTFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNT IDASECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 11,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMount Ida, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MWTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MWT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 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 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Mount Ida: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 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 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWTFIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNT IDATHE 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 60.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 61.0 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 POINTTITLEMount Ida, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MWT-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 Mount Ida, 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 MWTFIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNT IDAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMount Ida, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MWT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mount Ida, 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 Kirby

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