Mansfield3F3
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/326 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport, Louisiana
Small airport in De Soto Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, EAST, AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...Until 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum Relative Humidity between 25 to 35 percent. * FUELS...Critically to Extremely Dry. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. Follow all fire restrictions. One less spark, one less wildfire. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
69°
72°/64°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 69°·Moderate breeze 18 mph N
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport is 69° and mostly clear at 5 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 18 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:58 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
31Air quality
26%Humidity
15%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
69feels69
18mph
Today
Oct 16
7264
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6850
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7045
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7546
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7948
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8250
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8652
overcast
69°
72°64°
68°50°
70°45°
75°46°
79°48°
82°50°
86°52°
As of 5:00 PM in C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 32 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 39SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 3F3
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 324 ft
- Serves
- Mansfield
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 3F3
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,005 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 186° / 6° | - | - |
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
measured daily2 instruments
Grand Cane 0.3 ELA-DS-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/323 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sabine RiverLPTL1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.7 mi away/210 ft/114 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Grand Canevillage, 3 mi
- South Mansfieldvillage, 5 mi
- Mansfieldcity, 5 mi
- Glostercommunity, 9 mi
- Stanleyvillage, 11 mi
- Longstreetvillage, 11 mi
- Keachitown, 12 mi
- Friersoncommunity, 13 mi
- Stonewalltown, 13 mi
- Logansporttown, 15 mi
- Conversevillage, 21 mi
- Pleasant Hillvillage, 23 mi
Airports near C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport
- Shreveport Regional AirportSHV, 26 mi
- Barksdale Air Force BaseBAD, 30 mi
- Shreveport Downtown AirportDTN, 32 mi
- Natchitoches Regional AirportIER, 46 mi
- Minden AirportMNE, 48 mi
- Ruston Regional AirportRSN, 75 mi
- Polk Army Air FieldPOE, 79 mi
- Alexandria International AirportAEX, 88 mi