Storm Station
Prairie Grove, Arkansas
70°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 70°·Light air 4 mph SSE
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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78%Humidity
71%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Prairie Grove, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Strickler - RAWSSTKA4

A remote fire weather station/7.7 mi away/1,667 ft/454 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank150of 344

Fayetteville/DrakeFYV

At an airfield/8.3 mi away/1,250 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank9of 344

I-49 Bobby Hopper Tunnel SiteARD24

Beside a road/15.7 mi away/1,496 ft/283 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank306of 344

measured daily2 instruments

Prairie Grove 0.8 ESEAR-WS-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,186 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Expl StationFYVA4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/1,270 ft/57 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fayetteville/Drake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Prairie Grove. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 5,500 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fayetteville/Drake, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FYVFIG. A THE SKY OVER FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 5,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFayetteville/Drake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FYVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FYV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Fayetteville/Drake: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FYVFIG. B THE AIR AT FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEFayetteville/Drake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FYVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FYV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fayetteville/Drake, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FYVFIG. C THE WIND AT FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFayetteville/Drake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FYVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FYV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fayetteville/Drake, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Arkansas

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Near Prairie Grove

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