Temperature
72 F at 9 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 72F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 64F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Natchitoches Regional Airport, Louisiana
Small airport in Natchitoches Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY 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 Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 28 to 69 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°
77°/63°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 70°·Calm 0 mph S
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Natchitoches 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.
Now. Natchitoches Regional Airport is 70° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 74° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 60): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
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 6:39 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
60Air quality
83%Humidity
43%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
70feels70
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
7763
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7050
14mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7445
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7847
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8450
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8752
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
9053
overcast
70°
77°63°
70°50°
74°45°
78°47°
84°50°
87°52°
90°53°
As of 1:00 AM in Natchitoches Regional Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Natchitoches Regional Airport
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 67 miles off.
60Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate-
- Ozone21Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Natchitoches Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Natchitoches Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IER
- ICAO
- KIER
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 121 ft
- Serves
- Natchitoches
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- IER
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 4,000 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 76° / 256° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 | 5,003 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Nattchitoches Regional Airport (IER), Natchitoches Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 4 PM to 100% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 9 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 2 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 6 AM, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 6 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 4
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 5
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
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Natchitoches Regional 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 now2 instruments
Nattchitoches Regional AirportIER
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/121 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kisatchie National Forest Hq RawsNATL1
A remote fire weather station/17.8 mi away/210 ft/89 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Natchitoches 0.9 NELA-NT-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/103 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Natchitoches #2ICHL1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/157 ft/36 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 Natchitoches #2 (ICHL1), 5.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Natchitoches Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Natchitochescity, 2 mi
- Vienna Bendcommunity, 4 mi
- Point Placecommunity, 5 mi
- Natchezvillage, 6 mi
- Clarencevillage, 7 mi
- Provencalvillage, 8 mi
- St. Mauricecommunity, 9 mi
- Powhatanvillage, 11 mi
- Camptitown, 11 mi
- Robelinevillage, 12 mi
- Montgomerytown, 13 mi
- Marthavillecommunity, 17 mi
Airports near Natchitoches Regional Airport
- Alexandria International AirportAEX, 43 mi
- C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport3F3, 46 mi
- Polk Army Air FieldPOE, 48 mi
- Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional AirportESF, 53 mi
- Ruston Regional AirportRSN, 62 mi
- Barksdale Air Force BaseBAD, 62 mi
- Minden AirportMNE, 64 mi
- Beauregard Regional AirportDRI, 64 mi