Current weather · Oct 3, 7:15 AM CDT

35.2940, -94.3050

65°

Mostly CloudyFeels like 65° · Humidity 93%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Tulsa, OK · grid 102,66
High
77°
Low
64°
Rain today
17%
Sunrise
7:14 AM
Sunset
6:58 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sat 7 AM65°65°63°93%14%ENE5 mph12 mph72%8%—7 mi1,800 ft
Sat 8 AM64°64°63°97%14%ENE6 mph12 mph70%8%—7 mi1,100 ft
Sat 9 AM66°66°63°90%14%ENE6 mph12 mph71%8%—7 mi900 ft
Sat 10 AM69°69°63°81%12%E6 mph12 mph66%5%—7 mi1,100 ft
Sat 11 AM70°70°64°81%12%E6 mph12 mph79%5%—7 mi1,100 ft
Sat 12 PM72°72°64°76%12%ENE6 mph12 mph65%5%—7 mi1,300 ft
Sat 1 PMSlight chance of light rain showers73°73°64°73%15%ENE6 mph12 mph81%7%—7 mi1,300 ft
Sat 2 PMSlight chance of light rain showers74°74°65°74%15%ENE5 mph10 mph89%7%—7 mi1,300 ft
Sat 3 PMSlight chance of light rain showers75°75°65°71%15%ENE5 mph10 mph90%7%—7 mi1,300 ft
Sat 4 PM76°76°65°69%13%E3 mph9 mph85%7%—7 mi1,300 ft
Sat 5 PM76°76°66°71%13%ENE3 mph8 mph88%7%—7 mi1,300 ft
Sat 6 PM77°77°66°69%13%E3 mph7 mph86%7%—8 mi1,300 ft
Sat 7 PM75°75°65°71%5%ENE2 mph5 mph75%5%—10 mi1,300 ft
Sat 8 PM72°72°66°81%5%ENE1 mph5 mph90%5%—9 mi1,300 ft
Sat 9 PM70°70°66°87%5%E1 mph3 mph76%5%—9 mi2,200 ft
Sat 10 PM70°70°66°87%6%E1 mph3 mph65%6%—9 mi2,700 ft
Sat 11 PM69°69°66°90%6%N0 mph3 mph72%6%—7 mi2,700 ft
Sun 12 AM68°68°66°93%6%N0 mph3 mph59%6%—7 mi2,700 ft
Sun 1 AM67°67°66°97%5%ENE0 mph3 mph39%3%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 2 AM66°66°66°100%5%N0 mph3 mph43%3%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 3 AM65°65°65°100%5%N0 mph3 mph49%3%—9 mi-100 ft
Sun 4 AM65°65°65°100%4%NNE1 mph3 mph55%3%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 5 AM64°64°64°100%4%NNE0 mph3 mph72%3%—10 mi1,300 ft
Sun 6 AM64°64°64°100%4%N0 mph3 mph65%3%—9 mi1,100 ft
Sun 7 AM64°64°64°100%0%N1 mph5 mph35%—9 mi-100 ft
Sun 8 AM63°63°63°100%0%N1 mph5 mph39%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 9 AM67°67°64°90%0%N2 mph6 mph19%—9 mi-100 ft
Sun 10 AM72°72°64°76%0%NNE3 mph8 mph10%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 11 AM74°74°64°71%0%NNE5 mph10 mph7%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 12 PM77°77°63°62%0%NNE6 mph12 mph6%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 1 PM81°82°62°53%0%NNE7 mph13 mph9%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 2 PM81°82°62°53%0%NNE7 mph13 mph7%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 3 PM82°83°62°51%0%NNE7 mph13 mph3%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 4 PM84°84°60°44%0%NNE7 mph14 mph7%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 5 PM82°83°61°49%0%NNE7 mph14 mph5%——
Sun 6 PM82°83°62°51%0%NNE6 mph12 mph6%——
Sun 7 PM78°78°60°54%0%NNE6 mph12 mph8%——
Sun 8 PM73°73°60°64%0%NNE5 mph10 mph0%——
Sun 9 PM71°71°60°68%0%NNE5 mph9 mph2%——
Sun 10 PM69°69°59°70%0%NNE3 mph8 mph4%——
Sun 11 PM67°67°59°75%0%NNE3 mph8 mph3%——
Mon 12 AM65°65°58°78%0%NNE3 mph7 mph1%——
Mon 1 AM63°63°58°84%0%NNE3 mph7 mph0%——
Mon 2 AM62°62°57°84%0%NNE3 mph7 mph0%——
Mon 3 AM60°60°57°90%0%NNE2 mph7 mph0%——
Mon 4 AM59°59°56°90%0%NNE2 mph7 mph0%——
Mon 5 AM58°58°56°93%0%NNE2 mph7 mph0%——
Mon 6 AM58°58°55°90%0%NE2 mph6 mph0%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Oct 3, 6:50 AM CDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodayOct 377°64°Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers17%wind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  2. SunOct 484°57°Sunny6%wind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  3. MonOct 582°54°Sunny0%wind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  4. TueOct 682°53°Sunny0%wind 3 mph
  5. WedOct 785°56°Sunny0%wind 1 mph
  6. ThuOct 888°59°Sunny0%wind 2 mph
  7. FriOct 990°61°Sunny0%wind 5 mph
  8. SatOct 1090°64°5%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. SunOct 1190°66°National Blend11%0.02 inwind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  10. MonOct 1288°62°National Blend12%0.06 inwind 6 mph
  11. TueOct 13~82°59°Model mean0.08 in
  12. WedOct 14~85°65°Model mean0.75 in
  13. ThuOct 15~78°66°Model mean0.10 in
  14. FriOct 16~78°59°Model mean0.54 in
  15. SatOct 17~64°52°Model mean
  16. SunOct 18~58°35°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like65°
  • WindENE 5 mphgusts 12 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity93%
  • Dew point63°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility7 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset
  • Moonrise—Moonset 2:51 PM
  • Moon phaseLast quarter53% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Oct 3, 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. TodayOct 377°62°NWS grid 77° / 64°rain 16%thunder 10%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  2. SunOct 484°57°NWS grid 84° / 57°rain 5%wind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  3. MonOct 582°54°NWS grid 82° / 54°rain 0%wind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  4. TueOct 682°53°NWS grid 82° / 53°rain 0%wind 3 mph
  5. WedOct 785°56°NWS grid 85° / 56°rain 0%wind 1 mph
  6. ThuOct 888°59°NWS grid 88° / 59°rain 0%wind 2 mph
  7. FriOct 990°62°NWS grid 90° / 61°rain 0%wind 5 mph
  8. SatOct 1090°64°NWS grid 90° / 64°rain 5%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. SunOct 1190°66°Beyond the NWS gridrain 11%0.02 inwind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  10. MonOct 1288°62°Beyond the NWS gridrain 12%0.06 inwind 6 mph
  11. TueOct 1383°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%0.01 inwind 5 mph · gusts 12 mph
50°73°95°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Oct 3, 1:00 AM CDT · GFS Oct 3, 1:00 AM CDT · GEFS Oct 3, 1:00 AM CDT · ECMWF Oct 2, 7:00 PM CDT · ECMWF AI Oct 2, 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°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Oct 377° 64°75° 67°72° 66°0.12 in75° 65°0.06 in75° 66°0.24 in~71° 67°0.31 in
Sun Oct 484° 57°83° 67°86° 66°0.06 in85° 65°0.01 in80° 66°0.07 in~80° 67°0.06 in
Mon Oct 582° 54°~65° 64°83° 58°84° 58°78° 61°~79° 59°
Tue Oct 682° 53°—86° 56°85° 56°76° 56°~78° 55°
Wed Oct 785° 56°—89° 56°87° 57°79° 56°~81° 56°
Thu Oct 888° 59°—91° 60°89° 61°83° 60°~83° 60°
Fri Oct 990° 61°—89° 64°88° 62°~80° 58°~83° 59°
Sat Oct 1090° 64°—79° 62°83° 63°0.06 in~83° 58°~81° 61°0.03 in
Sun Oct 11——80° 63°0.04 in79° 66°0.12 in~82° 60°~73° 68°0.41 in
Mon Oct 12——94° 67°0.19 in84° 66°0.09 in~83° 60°~76° 68°0.02 in
Tue Oct 13——~80° 55°0.08 in~68° 68°~85° 57°~81° 64°0.15 in
Wed Oct 14——~90° 65°1.89 in—~86° 60°~80° 69°0.36 in
Thu Oct 15——~74° 64°0.09 in—~85° 65°~75° 68°0.21 in
Fri Oct 16——~82° 58°1.62 in—~84° 64°~67° 54°0.02 in
Sat Oct 17——~51° 44°—~77° 68°~63° 45°
Sun Oct 18——~58° 35°———

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 Fort Smith Municipal (FSM) · 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 Sun Oct 18, 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 lean50%40%equal chancesequal chances · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°100°TodayNov 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
Oct 378° / 55°96° (1956)30° (2000)equal chances · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1077° / 53°96° (1963)29° (1966)40% chance above normal · days 8 to 1433% chance below normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1775° / 49°93° (2024)26° (1948)equal chances · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2469° / 47°91° (2003)22° (1952)equal chances · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 3167° / 44°89° (2016)15° (1966)equal chances · Oct to Decno outlook
Nov 766° / 42°86° (2023)15° (1950)equal chances · Oct to Decno outlook
Nov 1465° / 40°89° (2025)15° (1959)equal chances · Oct to Decno outlook
Nov 2159° / 37°82° (1965)13° (1975)equal chances · Oct to Decno outlook
Nov 2857° / 34°80° (2012)8° (1976)equal chances · Oct to Decno outlook
Dec 553° / 33°81° (1966)6° (1950)equal chances · Oct to Decno outlook
Dec 1252° / 33°80° (1948)4° (1958)equal chances · Oct to Decno outlook
Dec 1953° / 32°81° (2025)-5° (1989)equal chances · Oct to Decno outlook
Dec 2652° / 31°84° (2025)2° (1983)equal chances · Oct to Decno outlook

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

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayGoodhot
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayVery goodmostly cloudy
  • 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 outsidetodayFairlittle sun
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayVery goodhumid
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayVery highwarm
  • TickstodayVery highwarm
  • 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
SaturdayPoor8:22 PM to 5:50 AM0 of 10None49%7 h1 mph
SundayGood8:21 PM to 5:51 AM10 of 106 h from 8:00 PM39%Fair3 h5 mph
MondayGood8:19 PM to 5:52 AM10 of 107 h from 8:00 PM29%Poor3 h2 mph
TuesdayGood8:18 PM to 5:53 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM20%Fair3 h1 mph
WednesdayGood8:17 PM to 5:53 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM12%Fair1 h1 mph
ThursdayGood8:15 PM to 5:54 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM6%Fair1 mph
FridayExcellent8:14 PM to 5:55 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM2%Good5 mph
SaturdayExcellent8:13 PM to 5:56 AM5 of 105 h from 8:00 PM0%Good6 mph

The last night runs past the end of the forecast and is rated on the hours it covers.

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
Sat6:48 AM to 6:58 AM6:58 AM to 7:47 AM6:24 PM to 7:14 PM7:14 PM to 7:23 PM
Sun6:49 AM to 6:59 AM6:59 AM to 7:48 AM6:23 PM to 7:12 PM7:12 PM to 7:22 PM
Mon6:50 AM to 7:00 AM7:00 AM to 7:49 AM6:21 PM to 7:11 PM7:11 PM to 7:21 PM
Tue6:51 AM to 7:01 AM7:01 AM to 7:50 AM6:20 PM to 7:09 PM7:09 PM to 7:19 PM
Wed6:51 AM to 7:01 AM7:01 AM to 7:51 AM6:19 PM to 7:08 PM7:08 PM to 7:18 PM
Thu6:52 AM to 7:02 AM7:02 AM to 7:52 AM6:17 PM to 7:07 PM7:07 PM to 7:17 PM
Fri6:53 AM to 7:03 AM7:03 AM to 7:53 AM6:16 PM to 7:05 PM7:05 PM to 7:15 PM
NESWSRSSMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:14 AM, 94° E
  • SS Sunset 6:58 PM, 265° W
  • MR Moonrise not on this date
  • MS Moonset 2:51 PM, 303° WNW
  • Last quarter, 53% 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 (civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Sat 8 AM to 6 PM, 10 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:44 AM to sunrise 7:14 AM, and sunset 6:58 PM to 7:28 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sat12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sat 7 AMCaution561314%7 mi400 ft65°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 8 AMGood671314%7 mi400 ft64°nothing against it
Sat 9 AMGood671314%7 mi400 ft66°nothing against it
Sat 10 AMGood671312%7 mi400 ft69°nothing against it
Sat 11 AMGood671312%7 mi400 ft70°nothing against it
Sat 12 PMGood671312%7 mi400 ft72°nothing against it
Sat 1 PMGood681415%7 mi400 ft73°nothing against it
Sat 2 PMGood571215%7 mi400 ft74°nothing against it
Sat 3 PMGood571215%7 mi400 ft75°nothing against it
Sat 4 PMGood351113%7 mi400 ft76°nothing against it
Sat 5 PMGood351013%7 mi400 ft76°nothing against it
Sat 6 PMCaution35813%8 mi400 ft77°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 7 PMCaution2685%10 mi400 ft75°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 8 PMCaution1255%9 mi400 ft72°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 9 PMCaution1355%9 mi400 ft70°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 10 PMCaution1356%9 mi400 ft70°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 11 PMCaution0036%7 mi400 ft69°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMCaution0036%7 mi400 ft68°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMNo-fly0035%7 miup to 0 ft67°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMNo-fly0035%7 miup to 0 ft66°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMNo-fly0035%9 miup to 0 ft65°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMNo-fly1354%10 miup to 0 ft65°low cloud limits height (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 5 AMCaution0034%10 mi400 ft64°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 6 AMCaution0034%9 mi400 ft64°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

  • Sat 10 AM to 7 PM 9 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 10 AM to Mon 1 AM 15 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Mon 9 AM to 5 PM 8 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Tue 9 AM to 12 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Fri 7 PM to Sat 12 AM 5 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Sat 6 AM to 2 PM 8 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Sat 6 PM to 8 PM 2 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Sat 10 PM to Sun 2 AM 4 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
Sat12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SaturdayDry15%0.00 in69%6 mph8 d
SundayDry0%0.00 in44%7 mph7 dGood
MondayDry0%0.00 in40%5 mph6 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in34%3 mph5 d
WednesdayDry0%0.00 in33%1 mph4 d
ThursdayDry0%0.00 in35%2 mph3 d
FridayDry0%0.00 in33%5 mph2 d
SaturdayDry5%0.00 in35%6 mph1 dGood

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 Friday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sat Fair6:11 AM to 8:11 AM6:41 PM to 8:41 PM2:21 PM to 3:21 PM 53%7:14 AM, 6:58 PM
Sun Fair7:11 AM to 9:11 AM7:39 PM to 9:39 PM12:06 AM to 1:06 AM3:07 PM to 4:07 PM 43%7:15 AM, 6:57 PM
Mon Fair8:07 AM to 10:07 AM8:33 PM to 10:33 PM1:18 AM to 2:18 AM3:46 PM to 4:46 PM 32%7:15 AM, 6:55 PM
Tue Poor8:58 AM to 10:58 AM9:23 PM to 11:23 PM2:28 AM to 3:28 AM4:18 PM to 5:18 PM 23%7:16 AM, 6:54 PM
Wed Fair9:47 AM to 11:47 AM10:10 PM to 12:10 AM3:36 AM to 4:36 AM4:47 PM to 5:47 PM 15%7:17 AM, 6:53 PM
Thu Good10:33 AM to 12:33 PM10:55 PM to 12:55 AM4:42 AM to 5:42 AM5:14 PM to 6:14 PM 8%7:18 AM, 6:51 PM
Fri Best11:18 AM to 1:18 PM5:46 AM to 6:46 AM5:40 PM to 6:40 PM 3%7:19 AM, 6:50 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. Today77° · 15% · E 5 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers between 1pm and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  2. Tonight62° · 13% · NE 0–5 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  3. Sunday84° · 4% · N 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 84. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

  4. Sunday Night57° · NE 0–5 mph

    Clear, with a low around 57. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  5. Monday82° · NE 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  6. Monday Night54° · 0 mph

    Clear, with a low around 54. East wind around 0 mph.

  7. Tuesday82° · E 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 82. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  8. Tuesday Night53° · 0 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 53. East wind around 0 mph.

  9. Wednesday85° · 0 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind around 0 mph.

  10. Wednesday Night56° · 0 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Northeast wind around 0 mph.

  11. Thursday88° · 0 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 88. Northeast wind around 0 mph.

  12. Thursday Night59° · 0 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Northeast wind around 0 mph.

  13. Friday90° · E 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 90. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  14. Friday Night61° · E 0–5 mph

    Clear, with a low around 61. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Tulsa, OK · issued Oct 3, 5:45 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

Updated at 1042 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

A few showers and perhaps an isolated thunderstorm will occur in southeast Oklahoma and nearby west-central Arkansas tonight into the first half of Saturday night.

Fall-like temperatures this weekend will trend unseasonably warm next week.

No rain is expected Sunday through Friday.

Short Term

1042 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

(Through Saturday)

Subtle lift beneath an upper-level jet segment will continue in southeast Oklahoma and west-central Arkansas tonight. This pattern will shift a little north on Saturday as the tail of a strong shortwave brushes the area. So the chance of showers shifts a bit north as well for a brief window. That pattern will break down later Saturday and into Saturday night as the shortwave continues southeast.

Pleasant fall temperatures are in store for the area Saturday.

Long Term

1042 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

(Saturday Night through Friday)

Precipitation chances diminish Saturday night as the strong system aloft moves on southeast from the Great Lakes. This will promote drier air spreading into all of our area later Saturday night and Sunday.

Dry weather is forecast Sunday into Friday as faster flow aloft stays north of the area. The upper ridge over the southwestern U.S. will expand a little to the east during the coming week and encourage a warm up with time in the coming days.

Aviation

545 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

(12Z TAFS)

MVFR to locally, IFR ceilings persist across most of the area, with these ceilings more patchy across far NW AR and NE OK. All sites should see prevailing ceiling reductions from mid to late morning into the afternoon, with VFR conditions in NE OK and W AR late afternoon into early evening. The W AR sites will most likely see another round of MVFR ceilings, along with potential for visibility reductions, late evening into early Sunday morning. MLC should see a round of showers this morning into early afternoon given CAMs and where showers are currently located. Light winds will prevail.

Preliminary Point Temps / Pops

TUL 75 60 80 56 / 10 0 0 0 FSM 78 63 86 58 / 20 10 0 0 MLC 77 61 85 57 / 30 10 0 0 BVO 75 56 79 50 / 10 0 0 0 FYV 76 56 81 51 / 10 0 0 0 BYV 74 57 80 53 / 10 0 0 0 MKO 77 59 82 55 / 10 0 0 0 MIO 76 56 77 51 / 0 0 0 0 F10 76 58 82 54 / 10 0 0 0 HHW 77 63 86 59 / 40 10 10 0

TSA Watches / Warnings / Advisories

OK...None. AR...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Oct 3, 4:11 AM CDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

FLUS44 KTSA 030911
HWOTSA

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
411 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

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073>075-154-172-176-254-272-276-354-376-040915-
Benton-Carroll-Washington AR-Madison-Northern Crawford-
Northern Franklin-North and Central Sebastian-Southern Crawford-
Central and Southern Franklin-Southern Sebastian-Pushmataha-
Choctaw-Washington OK-Nowata-Craig-Ottawa-Pawnee-Tulsa-Rogers-
Mayes-Delaware-Creek-Okfuskee-Okmulgee-Wagoner-Cherokee-Adair-
Muskogee-McIntosh-Pittsburg-Haskell-Latimer-Western Osage-
Northern Sequoyah-Northern Le Flore-Northeast Osage-
Central and Southern Sequoyah-Central Le Flore-Southeast Osage-
Southern Le Flore-
411 AM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Far Southeast Oklahoma.
ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers, with potential for isolated thunderstorms, will
spread into southeast Oklahoma and possibly west central Arkansas
through the morning, continuing into the afternoon. Severe weather
is not expected and heavy rain impacts are unlikely. A few showers
may linger into the evening, but the risk for thunderstorms should
diminish by then. 

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Spotter Activation Not Expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Dry conditions and warmer conditions are expected beginning Sunday
and continuing through the upcoming work week. Hazardous weather 
impacts appear minimal.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

$$

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 · Sat Oct 3No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Sun Oct 4No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Mon Oct 5No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Tue Oct 6No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Wed Oct 7No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Thu Oct 8No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Fri Oct 9No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sat Oct 10No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sat Oct 3Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Sun Oct 4Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Mon Oct 5Under 0.01 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 6–Oct 7Under 0.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 8–Oct 9Under 0.01 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · Temperature50% chance above normalOct 8–Oct 12
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 8–Oct 12
  3. Days 8–14 · Temperature40% chance above normalOct 10–Oct 16
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 10–Oct 16

Hazards, 3 to 14 days

  1. Oct 5–Oct 9Severe Drought

Drought

  1. Drought Monitor, map of Sep 29D3 Extreme drought
  2. Outlook for Oct 2026Drought remains but improves

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

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Ft Smith Rgnl AP

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around March 25 and the first fall freeze around November 6: a growing season of about 224 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 23; one spring in ten still has one after April 11.

Climate of 35.29, -94.31: 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.

ElementSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor
Wet bulb globe temperature max73°77°74°73°76°79°80°80°
Heat index max77°84°81°81°83°87°89°89°
Chance of thunder max8%6%0%0%0%0%0%4%
Cloud ceiling min900 ft-100 ft
Visibility min7 mi7 mi
Mixing height max2,800 ft5,800 ft4,500 ft3,700 ft3,900 ft4,100 ft4,800 ft4,500 ft
Transport wind max12 mph10 mph10 mph9 mph7 mph7 mph10 mph10 mph
Twenty-foot wind max6 mph6 mph5 mph3 mph1 mph2 mph5 mph6 mph

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Fort Smith Municipal (FSM) · 4.6 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
Sat Oct 377° / 64°82° / 58°95° (1954)35° (1987)
Sun Oct 484° / 57°82° / 58°94° (2000)36° (1987)
Mon Oct 582° / 54°80° / 56°93° (1954)34° (1979)
Tue Oct 682° / 53°78° / 55°96° (1956)35° (1964)
Wed Oct 785° / 56°78° / 54°94° (1963)34° (1952)
Thu Oct 888° / 59°78° / 54°96° (1963)31° (1952)
Fri Oct 990° / 61°77° / 53°95° (2021)30° (2000)
Sat Oct 1090° / 64°76° / 53°95° (1963)32° (2000)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat6:48 AM7:14 AM6:58 PM7:23 PM11 h 44 min Last quarter · 53% lit
Sun6:49 AM7:15 AM6:57 PM7:22 PM11 h 42 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon6:50 AM7:15 AM6:55 PM7:21 PM11 h 40 min Waning crescent · 32% lit
Tue6:51 AM7:16 AM6:54 PM7:19 PM11 h 38 min Waning crescent · 23% lit
Wed6:51 AM7:17 AM6:53 PM7:18 PM11 h 36 min Waning crescent · 15% lit
Thu6:52 AM7:18 AM6:51 PM7:17 PM11 h 33 min Waning crescent · 8% lit
Fri6:53 AM7:19 AM6:50 PM7:15 PM11 h 31 min Waning crescent · 3% lit
Sat6:54 AM7:19 AM6:48 PM7:14 PM11 h 29 min New moon · 1% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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