Pencil Bluff, Arkansas Weather
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Pencil Bluff weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 15Foggy——83°68°—
- TuesdayJun 16Overcast——88°68°+5°
- WednesdayJun 17Overcast——92°70°+4°
- ThursdayJun 18Light Drizzle38%0.02″88°71°-4°
- FridayJun 19Light Drizzle46%—86°67°-2°
- SaturdayJun 20Thunderstorm17%—88°63°+2°
- SundayJun 21Thunderstorm28%—91°72°+3°
AQI 26 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.1 µg/m³ (AQI 45) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 10 PM.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 36 now. With UV 8.7 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 29 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 36
- UV peak
- 8.7 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 29
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 8.1 µg/m³ (AQI 45) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.95
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 6:09 AM
- Moonset
- 8:41 PM
- In sign
- ♋︎ Cancer
Sun climbs to its northern throne
Pencil Bluff at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 11–15
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
16-Day Forecast — Pencil Bluff
- Mon83°68°6%
- Tue88°68°5%
- Wed92°70°0%
- Thu88°71°38%
- Fri86°67°46%
- Sat88°63°17%
- Sun91°72°28%
- Mon94°74°39%
- Tue76°70°42%
- Wed81°70°30%
- Thu86°70°24%
- Fri94°71°42%
- Sat95°71°26%
- Sun95°70°13%
- Mon96°73°23%
- Tue99°72°23%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 15, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
ZIP codes in Pencil Bluff
- 71965