Portia, Arkansas Weather
Portia, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Portia, Lawrence County.
Full aviation weather for Portia is published on the Walnut Ridge Regional Airport (KARG) page, 14 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Portia have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Portia: Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KM70) 20 km · Jonesboro Municipal Airport (KJBR) 47 km · Sharp County Regional Airport (KCVK) 49 km · Kirk Field (KPGR) 50 km
Conditions reported at KARG describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Portia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Portia.
About Portia, Arkansas
Portia rests in a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the earth slopes with a quiet insistence towards the lowlands. It lies 26.4 miles north-west of Jonesboro, AR (from Jonesboro, AR: bearing 310°T), and is situated 6.3 miles west-north-west of Walnut Ridge. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a subtle humidity, a tangible presence that softens the edges of the sun-drenched fields and lends a certain depth to the shadows cast by the scattered stands of oak and hickory. The land itself feels ancient, worn smooth by seasons of rain and sun, a testament to the slow work of wind and water. The scattered farmsteads, painted in muted tones of white and weathered gray, punctuate the verdant expanses, their silos standing like silent sentinels against the vast, often cloud-streaked sky. The history of Portia is as deeply rooted in the soil as the crops that have long sustained it. Once a vital hub for the timber industry, its fortunes shifted with the ebb and flow of logging operations, leaving behind a legacy of resilience and adaptation. Today, agriculture remains the lifeblood of this community, with vast fields of soybeans and rice stretching towards the horizon, their emerald and gold hues shifting with the changing light. The rhythm of life in Portia is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, a steady, unhurried pulse that has guided generations. Whispers of its past can still be found in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of its older residents, who carry the stories of a time when the forests were deeper and the river, a little further off, played a more prominent role in the daily lives of its people.
Live animated radar for Portia and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Portia, Lawrence County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 36.086459°N, 91.067346°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72457, 72433 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Portia, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Portia, Arkansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Portia includes coordinates 36.086459°N, 91.067346°W, situated in Lawrence County. ZIP code 72457, 72433. Telephone area code: 501. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
