Temperature
68 F at 7 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Shreveport Downtown Airport, Louisiana
Small 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.
67°
71°/64°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Shreveport Downtown 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. Shreveport Downtown Airport is 67° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 18 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
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 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:57 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
18Air quality
73%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
67feels67
18mph
Today
Oct 16
7164
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6950
15mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7245
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7747
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8150
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8553
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8854
overcast
67°
71°64°
69°50°
72°45°
77°47°
81°50°
85°53°
88°54°
As of 8:00 AM in Shreveport Downtown Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Shreveport Downtown Airport
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 0 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good0.3 mi
- Ozone16Good11 ppb0.3 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 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shreveport Downtown Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Shreveport Downtown Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DTN
- ICAO
- KDTN
- IATA
- DTN
- Field elevation
- 179 ft
- Serves
- Shreveport
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DTN
- Wind now
- From 340° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,198 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 55° / 235° | 4 mph head, on 05 | 16 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 5,016 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | 16 mph head, on 32 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Shreveport Downtown (DTN), Shreveport Downtown Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 90% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 73%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 90%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the north northwest at 8 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 7 AM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 7 AM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.21 inHg at 8 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.21inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.10inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 10 AM 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 900 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 9 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
Shreveport Downtown: 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 Shreveport Downtown 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 now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/180 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bossier City 2.4 WNWLA-BS-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/164 ft/15 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Shreveport WfoWFOL1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/289 ft/110 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 Shreveport Wfo (WFOL1), 8.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Shreveport Downtown Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bossier Citycity, 2 mi
- Shreveportcity, 2 mi
- Lakeviewcommunity, 5 mi
- Red Chutecommunity, 8 mi
- Blanchardtown, 9 mi
- Eastwoodcommunity, 10 mi
- Bentontown, 11 mi
- Haughtontown, 14 mi
- Greenwoodtown, 14 mi
- Belchervillage, 15 mi
- Mooringsporttown, 16 mi
- Oil Citytown, 20 mi
Airports near Shreveport Downtown Airport
- Barksdale Air Force BaseBAD, 5 mi
- Shreveport Regional AirportSHV, 8 mi
- Minden AirportMNE, 27 mi
- C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport3F3, 32 mi
- Natchitoches Regional AirportIER, 67 mi
- Ruston Regional AirportRSN, 67 mi
- Monroe Regional AirportMLU, 99 mi
- Polk Army Air FieldPOE, 108 mi