Storm Station
West Fork, Arkansas
69°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 69°·Light air 3 mph SSE
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then 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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-Air quality
78%Humidity
73%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest West Fork, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fayetteville/DrakeFYV

At an airfield/5.2 mi away/1,250 ft/85 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank10of 344

Strickler - RAWSSTKA4

A remote fire weather station/7.7 mi away/1,667 ft/332 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank148of 344

I-49 Bobby Hopper Tunnel SiteARD24

Beside a road/10.6 mi away/1,496 ft/161 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank308of 344

measured daily2 instruments

Greenland 1.9 SEAR-WS-53

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,429 ft/94 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Winslow 7 NEWINA4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/2,064 ft/729 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, 5.2 mi from West Fork. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 8,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fayetteville/Drake, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 8,500 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 8,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,500 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-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Fayetteville/Drake: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 8,500 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Fayetteville/Drake, 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 FYVFIG. C THE WIND AT FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKEPLAN, 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 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

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

Near West Fork

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