Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional 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. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 82° today.
Now. Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport is 67° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 90°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:54 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.
As of 12:00 AM in Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport, Louisiana.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,998 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 5,600 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Alexandria - Esler (ESF), Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 10 PM Thursday; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 5 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.1 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Alexandria - Esler: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/83 ft/29 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
NATL FOREST/HWY 8 BET BENTLEY&POLLOCBENL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.4 mi away/243 ft/131 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pineville 9.1 ENELA-RP-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/133 ft/21 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a power station/11.5 mi away/81 ft/31 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.