Temperature
68 F at 1 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Morehouse Memorial Airport, Louisiana
Small airport in Morehouse Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WIND...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph behind a cold front. * HUMIDITY...Minimum Relative Humidity values between 25 to 40 percent. * FUELS...Critically dry. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures will create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid activities that promote open flames and sparks. A Fire Weather Watch means that the potential for critical fire weather conditions exists. These conditions could promote the rapid spread of wildfires which could become life-threatening. Check www.weather.gov/jan/fireweather for forecast updates and a possible upgrade of this watch to a Red Flag Warning.
67°
75°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Calm 0 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Morehouse Memorial Airport until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Morehouse Memorial Airport is 67° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
73%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7563
15%
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6948
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7344
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7746
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8250
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8552
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8853
overcast
67°
75°63°
69°48°
73°44°
77°46°
82°50°
85°52°
88°53°
As of 2:00 AM in Morehouse Memorial Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Morehouse Memorial Airport
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 20 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate19.8 mi
- Ozone16Good10 ppb19.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Morehouse Memorial Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Morehouse Memorial Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BQP
- ICAO
- KBQP
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 168 ft
- Serves
- Bastrop
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BQP
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:30
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 4,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 164° / 344° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bastrop (BQP), Morehouse Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 3 PM Thursday to 88% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 30 to 88%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 0 mph, 3 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 0mph
- 3 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Bastrop: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Morehouse Memorial Airport, 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 now3 instruments
BastropBQP
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/167 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Monroe 26 N53961
At a climate reference station/15.8 mi away/88 ft/80 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge CRNONRL1
In a park or preserve/16.3 mi away/95 ft/73 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
FSA-Bastrop 1.6 ELA-MR-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/152 ft/16 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oak Ridge CoopOKRL1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/121 ft/47 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 Morehouse Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bastropcity, 3 mi
- Collinstonvillage, 4 mi
- Mer Rougevillage, 5 mi
- Oak Ridgevillage, 11 mi
- Sterlingtontown, 11 mi
- Swartzcommunity, 14 mi
- Bonitavillage, 17 mi
- Lakeshorecommunity, 18 mi
- Startcommunity, 19 mi
- Rayvilletown, 21 mi
- Monroecity, 22 mi
- West Monroecity, 23 mi
Airports near Morehouse Memorial Airport
- Monroe Regional AirportMLU, 19 mi
- Ruston Regional AirportRSN, 44 mi
- Vicksburg Tallulah Regional AirportTVR, 57 mi
- Minden AirportMNE, 83 mi
- Concordia Parish Airport0R4, 85 mi
- Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional AirportESF, 97 mi
- Natchitoches Regional AirportIER, 100 mi
- Barksdale Air Force BaseBAD, 105 mi