Temperature
68 F at 10 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 63 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 63F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Marksville Municipal Airport, Louisiana
Small airport in Avoyelles Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY... .Breezy and dry conditions due to a frontal passage will combine with very dry fuels and produce red flag conditions across portions of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas through Friday afternoon. A Fire Weather Watch is in place for all of southeast Texas and southwest and central Louisiana on Saturday. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind, dry fuels, and low relative humidity which is in effect from 11 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued. This Fire Weather Watch for winds and low relative humidity is in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 027 Vernon, Fire Weather Zone 028 Rapides, Fire Weather Zone 029 Avoyelles, Fire Weather Zone 030 Beauregard, Fire Weather Zone 180 Tyler, Fire Weather Zone 259 Northern Jasper and Fire Weather Zone 260 Northern Newton. * TIMING...For the Red Flag Warning, from 11 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 29 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 82. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. 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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
69°
91°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Calm 1 mph SE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Marksville Municipal Airport until 1 AM Saturday. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Marksville Municipal Airport is 69° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 64° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 88°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
91%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9161
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8563
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7150
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7545
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8047
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8550
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8851
overcast
69°
91°61°
85°63°
71°50°
75°45°
80°47°
85°50°
88°51°
As of 10:00 PM in Marksville Municipal Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Marksville Municipal Airport
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 60 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone35Good-
The days ahead
Highest 54, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 67, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 67YesterdayOct 14
- 54TodayOct 15
- 46FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Marksville Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Marksville Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MKV
- ICAO
- KMKV
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 79 ft
- Serves
- Marksville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MKV
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,799 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 37° / 217° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Marksville (MKV), Marksville Municipal 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 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 5 PM to 100% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 16 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
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 100 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
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
Marksville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Marksville Municipal 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
MarksvilleMKV
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/75 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Gardner - FtsGARL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/33.8 mi away/217 ft/138 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
FSA-Marksville 1.0 WLA-AV-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/82 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MarksvilleMKVL1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/56 ft/23 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 Marksville Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Marksvillecity, 2 mi
- Mansuratown, 3 mi
- Hessmervillage, 4 mi
- Fifth Wardcommunity, 6 mi
- Moreauvillevillage, 7 mi
- Cottonporttown, 8 mi
- Bordelonvillecommunity, 10 mi
- Evergreentown, 10 mi
- Echocommunity, 10 mi
- Plauchevillevillage, 10 mi
- Bunkiecity, 12 mi
- Center Pointcommunity, 14 mi
Airports near Marksville Municipal Airport
- Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional AirportESF, 25 mi
- Alexandria International AirportAEX, 32 mi
- St Landry Parish Ahart FieldOPL, 37 mi
- False River Regional AirportHZR, 44 mi
- Allen Parish AirportACP, 44 mi
- Concordia Parish Airport0R4, 46 mi
- Lafayette Regional AirportLFT, 62 mi
- Polk Army Air FieldPOE, 67 mi