Temperature
72 F at 7 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 72F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 69F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
Medium airport in Bossier Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...From 10 AM this morning to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 30 to 72 percent. * 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.
70°
73°/64°
Overcast·
Feels like 70°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Barksdale Air Force Base 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. Barksdale Air Force Base is 70° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:56 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
75%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
70feels70
14mph
Today
Oct 16
7364
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7149
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7445
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7947
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8351
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8652
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8954
overcast
70°
73°64°
71°49°
74°45°
79°47°
83°51°
86°52°
89°54°
As of 7:00 AM in Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Barksdale Air Force Base
Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 6 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good5.8 mi
- Ozone14Good13 ppb5.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Barksdale Air Force Base
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. 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 Barksdale Air Force Base, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BAD
- ICAO
- KBAD
- IATA
- BAD
- Field elevation
- 166 ft
- Serves
- Bossier City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BAD
- Wind now
- From 310° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 06:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 11,758 ft | 299 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 151° / 331° | 12 mph head, on 33 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Barksdale AFB (BAD), Barksdale Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 4 PM Thursday to 90% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 73%
- Humidity, range
- 47 to 90%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the northwest at 7 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 7 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 7 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.16 inHg at 7 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.16inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Barksdale AFB: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Barksdale Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/167 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bossier City 2.6 SLA-BS-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/163 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Red River Research StationBSSL1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/177 ft/11 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Red River Research Station (BSSL1), 5.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:01. measured daily
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Barksdale Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Barksdale Air Force Base
- Shreveport Downtown AirportDTN, 5 mi
- Shreveport Regional AirportSHV, 10 mi
- Minden AirportMNE, 23 mi
- C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport3F3, 30 mi
- Natchitoches Regional AirportIER, 62 mi
- Ruston Regional AirportRSN, 63 mi
- Monroe Regional AirportMLU, 95 mi
- Alexandria International AirportAEX, 104 mi