Current weather · Sep 30, 6:06 AM CDT

34.4550, -94.1430

69°

Partly SunnyFeels like 69° · Humidity 73%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Little Rock, AR · grid 14,59
High
87°
Low
68°
Rain today
2%
Sunrise
7:11 AM
Sunset
7:02 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

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Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Wed 6 AM69°69°60°73%1%S6 mph15 mph64%——
Wed 7 AM68°68°61°78%1%S6 mph14 mph59%——
Wed 8 AM69°69°63°81%1%S7 mph16 mph56%——
Wed 9 AM72°72°65°79%1%SSW7 mph18 mph45%——
Wed 10 AM75°75°66°74%1%S9 mph21 mph60%——
Wed 11 AM78°78°65°64%1%S10 mph23 mph68%——
Wed 12 PM81°83°65°58%1%S12 mph21 mph59%——
Wed 1 PM83°84°64°53%1%S10 mph22 mph63%——
Wed 2 PM85°86°63°48%1%S10 mph22 mph68%——
Wed 3 PM86°86°62°45%2%S10 mph21 mph72%——
Wed 4 PM86°86°62°45%2%S10 mph20 mph46%——
Wed 5 PM87°87°62°43%2%S10 mph24 mph63%——
Wed 6 PM85°85°61°45%2%SSE8 mph25 mph59%——
Wed 7 PM83°83°60°46%2%SSE6 mph25 mph69%——
Wed 8 PM81°82°61°51%2%SSE7 mph20 mph73%——
Wed 9 PM77°77°63°62%2%SSE8 mph21 mph81%——
Wed 10 PM77°77°62°60%2%SSE8 mph22 mph80%——
Wed 11 PM76°76°62°62%2%SSE10 mph22 mph82%——
Thu 12 AM75°75°62°64%2%SSE10 mph22 mph58%——
Thu 1 AM75°75°62°64%3%S10 mph22 mph47%——
Thu 2 AM75°75°63°66%4%S12 mph23 mph45%——
Thu 3 AM74°74°64°71%4%S12 mph23 mph39%——
Thu 4 AM73°73°65°76%4%S12 mph23 mph51%——
Thu 5 AM73°73°66°79%3%S12 mph23 mph46%——
Thu 6 AM72°72°66°81%4%S10 mph23 mph69%——
Thu 7 AM72°72°67°84%11%0.01 inS10 mph23 mph69%——
Thu 8 AM71°71°68°90%13%0.01 inS10 mph23 mph70%——
Thu 9 AMSlight chance of light rain showers73°73°68°84%23%0.01 inS10 mph23 mph63%——
Thu 10 AMSlight chance of light rain showers73°73°68°84%22%0.01 inS10 mph23 mph50%——
Thu 11 AMSlight chance of light rain showers74°74°68°82%21%0.01 inS10 mph22 mph51%——
Thu 12 PMSlight chance of light rain showers76°76°68°76%24%0.01 inS9 mph20 mph70%——
Thu 1 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms78°78°67°69%31%0.03 inS8 mph18 mph79%——
Thu 2 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms79°79°67°67%30%0.03 inS8 mph17 mph74%——
Thu 3 PMChance of moderate rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms80°83°68°67%46%0.03 inS7 mph16 mph73%——
Thu 4 PMModerate rain showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms80°83°68°67%58%0.03 inS6 mph15 mph79%——
Thu 5 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms81°84°68°65%39%0.03 inS3 mph13 mph83%——
Thu 6 PMChance of light rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms78°78°68°71%33%0.03 inS2 mph12 mph94%——
Thu 7 PMChance of moderate rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms76°76°68°76%54%0.03 inSSE2 mph12 mph84%——
Thu 8 PMChance of moderate rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms74°74°69°84%54%0.03 inSSE2 mph12 mph92%——
Thu 9 PMChance of moderate rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms72°72°70°93%54%0.03 inSSE2 mph12 mph92%——
Thu 10 PMChance of moderate rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms70°70°70°100%54%0.03 inSE2 mph10 mph91%——
Thu 11 PMChance of moderate rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms69°69°69°100%54%0.03 inSE2 mph9 mph93%——
Fri 12 AMChance of moderate rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms69°69°69°100%54%0.03 inSSE2 mph8 mph94%——
Fri 1 AMModerate rain showers and chance of thunderstorms69°69°69°100%79%0.10 inSSE2 mph8 mph96%——
Fri 2 AMModerate rain showers and chance of thunderstorms69°69°69°100%79%0.10 inSSE2 mph8 mph94%——
Fri 3 AMModerate rain showers and chance of thunderstorms69°69°69°100%79%0.10 inSSE3 mph9 mph93%——
Fri 4 AMModerate rain showers and chance of thunderstorms68°68°68°100%79%0.10 inSSE3 mph9 mph91%——
Fri 5 AMModerate rain showers and chance of thunderstorms68°68°68°100%79%0.10 inSE3 mph8 mph91%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 30, 5:35 AM CDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 3087°68°Partly Sunny2%wind 12 mph · gusts 25 mph
  2. ThuOct 182°66°Showers And Thunderstorms Likely58%0.39 inwind 12 mph · gusts 23 mph
  3. FriOct 276°62°Showers And Thunderstorms83%1.40 inwind 5 mph · gusts 15 mph
  4. SatOct 372°59°Showers And Thunderstorms Likely67%0.46 inwind 6 mph · gusts 16 mph
  5. SunOct 475°56°Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny33%0.04 inwind 7 mph · gusts 16 mph
  6. MonOct 574°51°Sunny3%wind 8 mph · gusts 22 mph
  7. TueOct 673°52°Sunny2%wind 5 mph · gusts 15 mph
  8. WedOct 777°56°12%0.07 inwind 2 mph · gusts 9 mph
  9. ThuOct 881°58°National Blend10%0.07 inwind 3 mph · gusts 12 mph
  10. FriOct 980°56°National Blend5%wind 3 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. SatOct 10~77°54°Model mean
  12. SunOct 11~78°55°Model mean
  13. MonOct 12~75°52°Model mean
  14. TueOct 13~71°54°Model mean0.10 in
  15. WedOct 14~70°52°Model mean
  16. ThuOct 15~69°44°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like69°
  • WindS 6 mphgusts 15 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity73%
  • Dew point60°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility—
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise9:28 PMMoonset 11:37 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous82% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 30, 1:00 AM CDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 3087°71°NWS grid 87° / 68°rain 4%wind 12 mph · gusts 22 mph
  2. ThuOct 182°66°NWS grid 82° / 66°rain 79%thunder 29%0.42 inwind 12 mph · gusts 23 mph
  3. FriOct 276°62°NWS grid 76° / 62°rain 83%thunder 26%1.38 inwind 5 mph · gusts 15 mph
  4. SatOct 372°59°NWS grid 72° / 59°rain 68%thunder 28%0.47 inwind 6 mph · gusts 16 mph
  5. SunOct 475°57°NWS grid 75° / 56°rain 19%thunder 11%0.02 inwind 7 mph · gusts 16 mph
  6. MonOct 574°51°NWS grid 74° / 51°rain 4%wind 9 mph · gusts 22 mph
  7. TueOct 675°52°NWS grid 73° / 52°rain 2%wind 6 mph · gusts 14 mph
  8. WedOct 779°56°NWS grid 77° / 56°rain 12%0.07 inwind 3 mph · gusts 9 mph
  9. ThuOct 881°58°Beyond the NWS gridrain 10%0.07 inwind 3 mph · gusts 12 mph
  10. FriOct 980°56°Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%wind 3 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. SatOct 1080°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%wind 3 mph · gusts 9 mph
50°73°95°ThuFriSatSunMonTueWed

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 30, 1:00 AM CDT · GFS Sep 29, 7:00 PM CDT · GEFS Sep 29, 7:00 PM CDT · ECMWF Sep 29, 7:00 PM CDT · ECMWF AI Sep 29, 7:00 PM CDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

50°73°95°ThuFriSatSunMonTueWed

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 3087° 68°89° 70°89° 67°89° 68°87° 71°0.02 in~86° 71°
Thu Oct 182° 66°0.39 in80° 71°0.26 in79° 67°0.37 in77° 70°1.28 in86° 73°0.02 in~82° 72°0.43 in
Fri Oct 276° 62°1.40 in~72° 72°78° 67°0.33 in75° 68°1.01 in74° 69°1.21 in~75° 70°0.65 in
Sat Oct 372° 59°0.46 in—79° 64°74° 65°0.19 in76° 64°~74° 64°0.02 in
Sun Oct 475° 56°0.04 in—83° 65°75° 64°0.18 in79° 62°~78° 59°
Mon Oct 574° 51°—80° 59°78° 62°0.03 in78° 59°~81° 57°
Tue Oct 673° 52°—78° 51°77° 55°0.02 in~79° 63°~81° 57°
Wed Oct 777° 56°0.07 in—82° 52°78° 56°~79° 55°~82° 57°
Thu Oct 8——83° 57°78° 59°~81° 56°~85° 59°
Fri Oct 9——74° 59°78° 57°~82° 60°~87° 62°
Sat Oct 10——~63° 46°—~83° 56°~85° 61°
Sun Oct 11——~69° 42°—~84° 60°~82° 62°
Mon Oct 12——~75° 47°—~81° 61°~67° 49°
Tue Oct 13——~73° 54°—~70° 63°0.31 in~69° 46°
Wed Oct 14——~65° 52°—~61° 53°~76° 51°
Thu Oct 15——~69° 44°———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Mena Intermountain Municipal (MEZ) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Thu Oct 15, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature lean40%warmer 40% · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°100°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 3080° / 55°100° (1938)33° (1984)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 774° / 50°96° (1938)27° (2000)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1433% chance below normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1472° / 47°95° (1938)24° (1989)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2169° / 46°91° (1894)21° (1989)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2868° / 46°87° (1937)17° (1951)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Nov 464° / 40°85° (1891)17° (1991)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1160° / 39°84° (1955)13° (2019)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1861° / 38°82° (2025)13° (1903)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2557° / 33°77° (1910)13° (1976)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 255° / 32°80° (1939)4° (1950)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 954° / 30°76° (1948)5° (1962)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1653° / 30°73° (1908)-1° (1989)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 2347° / 27°75° (1955)-7° (1989)equal chances · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayModerateheat
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayGoodhot
  • HikingtodayVery goodhot
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayGoodwind
  • Beach and pooltodayIdealfine conditions
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightPoormostly cloudy

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayHighwarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated poor.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
WednesdayPoor8:25 PM to 5:48 AM0 of 10None79%12 mph
ThursdayPoor8:24 PM to 5:48 AM0 of 10None70%9 h3 mph
FridayPoor8:23 PM to 5:49 AM0 of 10None60%10 h6 mph
SaturdayPoor8:21 PM to 5:50 AM0 of 10None49%10 h3 mph
SundayGood8:20 PM to 5:51 AM10 of 106 h from 8:00 PM39%Poor8 h7 mph
MondayGood8:18 PM to 5:52 AM10 of 107 h from 8:00 PM29%Poor4 h3 mph
TuesdayGood8:17 PM to 5:52 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM20%Poor8 h1 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Wed6:45 AM to 6:55 AM6:55 AM to 7:44 AM6:29 PM to 7:17 PM7:17 PM to 7:27 PM
Thu6:46 AM to 6:56 AM6:56 AM to 7:45 AM6:27 PM to 7:16 PM7:16 PM to 7:26 PM
Fri6:47 AM to 6:57 AM6:57 AM to 7:45 AM6:26 PM to 7:15 PM7:15 PM to 7:24 PM
Sat6:48 AM to 6:57 AM6:57 AM to 7:46 AM6:24 PM to 7:13 PM7:13 PM to 7:23 PM
Sun6:48 AM to 6:58 AM6:58 AM to 7:47 AM6:23 PM to 7:12 PM7:12 PM to 7:21 PM
Mon6:49 AM to 6:59 AM6:59 AM to 7:48 AM6:22 PM to 7:10 PM7:10 PM to 7:20 PM
Tue6:50 AM to 7:00 AM7:00 AM to 7:49 AM6:20 PM to 7:09 PM7:09 PM to 7:19 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:11 AM, 93° E
  • SS Sunset 7:02 PM, 267° W
  • MR Moonrise 9:28 PM, 58° ENE
  • MS Moonset 11:37 AM, 301° WNW
  • Waning gibbous, 82% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: fly with caution (gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). No stretch of two good hours in the next three days.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:41 AM to sunrise 7:11 AM, and sunset 7:02 PM to 7:32 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Wed6 AM12 PM6 PM
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Wed 6 AMCaution614231%69°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 7 AMCaution67151%68°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Wed 8 AMCaution79181%69°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 9 AMCaution79201%72°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 10 AMCaution912231%75°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 11 AMNo-fly1013261%78°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 12 PMNo-fly1217261%81°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 1 PMNo-fly1013251%83°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 2 PMNo-fly1013251%85°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 3 PMCaution1013242%86°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 4 PMCaution1013232%86°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 5 PMNo-fly1013272%87°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 6 PMNo-fly810282%85°gusts near or over your limit
Wed 7 PMNo-fly614332%83°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 8 PMCaution710232%81°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 9 PMNo-fly812242%77°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 10 PMNo-fly812262%77°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 11 PMNo-fly1015272%76°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 12 AMNo-fly1015272%75°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 1 AMNo-fly1025363%75°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 2 AMNo-fly1217284%75°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 3 AMNo-fly1217284%74°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 4 AMNo-fly1217284%73°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 5 AMNo-fly1217283%73°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Wed 6 AM to 8 AM 2 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 2 PM to 7 PM 5 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 9 AM to 3 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
Wed6 AM12 PM6 PM
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sat12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
WednesdayDry2%0.00 in43%12 mph1 dGood
ThursdayWet58%0.39 in65%10 mph
FridayWet83%1.40 in84%2 mph
SaturdayWet67%0.46 in84%6 mph
SundayDry13%0.04 in60%7 mph3 d
MondayDry3%0.00 in49%8 mph2 dGood
TuesdayDry2%0.00 in46%5 mph1 d
WednesdayShowers possible12%0.07 in50%2 mph

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Thursday, rated fair.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Wed Poor3:05 AM to 5:05 AM3:35 PM to 5:35 PM11:07 AM to 12:07 PM8:58 PM to 9:58 PM 82%7:11 AM, 7:02 PM
Thu Fair4:05 AM to 6:05 AM4:36 PM to 6:36 PM12:17 PM to 1:17 PM9:54 PM to 10:54 PM 73%7:11 AM, 7:01 PM
Fri Fair5:08 AM to 7:08 AM5:39 PM to 7:39 PM1:22 PM to 2:22 PM10:58 PM to 11:58 PM 64%7:12 AM, 6:59 PM
Sat Fair6:10 AM to 8:10 AM6:41 PM to 8:41 PM2:18 PM to 3:18 PM 53%7:13 AM, 6:58 PM
Sun Fair7:10 AM to 9:10 AM7:39 PM to 9:39 PM12:08 AM to 1:08 AM3:04 PM to 4:04 PM 43%7:14 AM, 6:56 PM
Mon Fair8:06 AM to 10:06 AM8:32 PM to 10:32 PM1:19 AM to 2:19 AM3:43 PM to 4:43 PM 32%7:14 AM, 6:55 PM
Tue Poor8:58 AM to 10:58 AM9:22 PM to 11:22 PM2:29 AM to 3:29 AM4:16 PM to 5:16 PM 23%7:15 AM, 6:54 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Today87° · 2% · S 5–10 mph

    Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

  2. Tonight71° · 4% · S 5–10 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

  3. Thursday82° · 58% · S 5–10 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers between 9am and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  4. Thursday Night66° · 79% · SSE 0–5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 66. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  5. Friday76° · 83% · 0 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 76. East northeast wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  6. Friday Night62° · 73% · NE 0–5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

  7. Saturday72° · 67% · NE 0–5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

  8. Saturday Night59° · 62% · NNE 0–5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

  9. Sunday75° · 22% · NNE 5 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. North northeast wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  10. Sunday Night56° · 13% · NNE 0–5 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

  11. Monday74° · 3% · NE 5–10 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 74.

  12. Monday Night51° · 2% · ENE 0–5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 51.

  13. Tuesday73° · 2% · ENE 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 73.

  14. Tuesday Night52° · 2% · 0 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 52.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Little Rock, AR · issued Sep 30, 1:40 AM CDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

1248 AM CDT Wed Sep 30 2026

Well above normal temperatures to persist across much of the state Wednesday and Thursday along with gusty southerly winds

Widespread rain chances will slowly expand east across the state from Thursday into Friday, continuing into the weekend

Highest rainfall amounts are expected across western Arkansas with amounts tapering off to the east

Much cooler temperatures likely from Friday through early next week

Discussion

1248 AM CDT Wed Sep 30 2026

Already seeing changes underway across the state as srly flow returns, both T and Td values are several degrees higher than this time yesterday. Will continue to see further moisture transport into the region today with Td values expected to be in the 60s F areawide by this evening. Highs today will be well above normal again as the H500 ridge axis continues overhead, expect temperatures to climb into the 90s F across much of the state this afternoon. Srly winds will also be elevated with gusts above 20 mph expected at times, especially across western parts of Arkansas.

After today, the main focus of the forecast continues to be a slow moving H500 low over the SW US interacting with an anomalously high moisture plume from the remnants of Polo. As the storm system makes slow progress eastward it will encounter resistance from ridging across the SE US.

As the mid-level low drifts east it will contribute toward a multi-day heavy rainfall event that will impact portions of Oklahoma, Texas and nearby areas. By later this week the H500 low will lose intensity, open and be absorbed by northern stream enhanced zonal flow.

For Arkansas and nearby areas this means rain is expected to slowly move in from west to east from Thursday evening through Saturday as a sfc cold front approaches. While previous model runs indicated widespread heavy rainfall potential was expected across the state, recent data continues to suggest a lower QPF event for the Natural State. The main focus for more than 1-2 inches of rain remains across western Arkansas with precip amounts tapering off and becoming less uniform toward the MS River.

While several inches of rain would go a long way toward improving the state's current high wildfire danger and drought conditions, any rainfall is welcome at this point. Accompanying the rain chances and in the wake of the cold front will be several days of much cooler temperatures. Below normal temperatures may even be seen for several days.

Aviation

1248 AM CDT Wed Sep 30 2026

(06Z TAFS)

Generally VFR conditions are expected through the period with a continued stream of mid/high level clouds ahead of an approaching storm system. Sfc winds will increase and become Srly through the day Wednesday, some occasional gusts of 15-20 kts possible.

Preliminary Point Temps / Pops

Batesville AR 92 72 91 69 / 0 0 20 60 Camden AR 95 70 92 69 / 0 0 10 40 Harrison AR 89 71 84 66 / 0 10 40 80 Hot Springs AR 93 72 90 68 / 0 0 20 70 Little Rock AR 94 73 92 71 / 0 0 10 40 Monticello AR 94 71 92 71 / 0 0 0 30 Mount Ida AR 92 70 88 66 / 0 0 30 70 Mountain Home AR 91 71 87 66 / 0 0 30 70 Newport AR 94 72 92 70 / 0 0 10 50 Pine Bluff AR 94 70 92 69 / 0 0 10 30 Russellville AR 93 71 88 68 / 0 0 30 70 Searcy AR 95 70 93 69 / 0 0 10 50 Stuttgart AR 95 72 93 72 / 0 0 0 40

LZK Watches / Warnings / Advisories

None.

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Thu Oct 1General Thunderstorms Risk
  3. Day 3 · Fri Oct 2General Thunderstorms Risk
  4. Day 4 · Sat Oct 3No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Sun Oct 4No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Mon Oct 5No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Tue Oct 6No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Wed Oct 7No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Wed Sep 30Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Thu Oct 11.50 in
  3. Day 3 · Fri Oct 20.75 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 3–Oct 40.25 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 5–Oct 6Under 0.01 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Flash flood risk

  1. Day 1 · Wed Sep 30Below marginal
  2. Day 2 · Thu Oct 1Slight
  3. Day 3 · Fri Oct 2Marginal
  4. Day 4 · Sat Oct 3Below marginal
  5. Day 5 · Sun Oct 4Below marginal

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 5–Oct 9
  2. Days 6–10 · PrecipitationNear normal most likelyOct 5–Oct 9
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 7–Oct 13
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 7–Oct 13

Hazards, 3 to 14 days

  1. Oct 2–Oct 6Heavy Rain
  2. Oct 2–Oct 6Severe Drought

Drought

  1. Drought Monitor, map of Sep 22D2 Severe drought
  2. Outlook for Sep 2026Drought persists

Drought in this county: the map, the record since 2000 and the outlook

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Big Fk 1 Sse

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around March 26 and the first fall freeze around November 12: a growing season of about 235 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 29; one spring in ten still has one after April 11.

Climate of 34.45, -94.14: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 26 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWed
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max78°76°74°70°72°69°68°72°
Heat index max87°84°75°71°75°73°73°77°
Mixing height max5,700 ft3,000 ft1,800 ft2,300 ft4,600 ft3,200 ft3,000 ft3,500 ft
Transport wind max21 mph14 mph10 mph12 mph13 mph14 mph12 mph10 mph
Twenty-foot wind max9 mph9 mph3 mph5 mph6 mph7 mph3 mph2 mph
Davis stability index max5631118
Low visibility risk max388
Stability max66446666

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Mena Intermountain Municipal (MEZ) · 7.1 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Wed Sep 3087° / 68°80° / 52°98° (1953)37° (1895)
Thu Oct 182° / 66°80° / 53°100° (1938)33° (1984)
Fri Oct 276° / 62°80° / 53°92° (1953)35° (1984)
Sat Oct 372° / 59°80° / 55°91° (1938)39° (1975)
Sun Oct 475° / 56°79° / 54°94° (1938)35° (1978)
Mon Oct 574° / 51°78° / 53°95° (1938)37° (2010)
Tue Oct 673° / 52°77° / 52°97° (1938)33° (1932)
Wed Oct 777° / 56°75° / 51°94° (1939)32° (1978)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Wed6:45 AM7:11 AM7:02 PM7:27 PM11 h 51 min Waning gibbous · 82% lit
Thu6:46 AM7:11 AM7:01 PM7:26 PM11 h 50 min Waning gibbous · 73% lit
Fri6:47 AM7:12 AM6:59 PM7:24 PM11 h 47 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat6:48 AM7:13 AM6:58 PM7:23 PM11 h 45 min Last quarter · 53% lit
Sun6:48 AM7:14 AM6:56 PM7:21 PM11 h 42 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon6:49 AM7:14 AM6:55 PM7:20 PM11 h 41 min Waning crescent · 32% lit
Tue6:50 AM7:15 AM6:54 PM7:19 PM11 h 39 min Waning crescent · 23% lit
Wed6:51 AM7:16 AM6:52 PM7:17 PM11 h 36 min Waning crescent · 15% lit

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Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

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How far ahead does it go?

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