Temperature
71 F at 12 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 71F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Monroe Regional Airport, Louisiana
Medium airport in Ouachita 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°
75°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Calm 1 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Monroe 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. Monroe Regional Airport is 70° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 10 AM. 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 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
49Air quality
76%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7564
11%
20mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6949
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7345
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7846
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8350
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8752
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8953
overcast
70°
75°64°
69°49°
73°45°
78°46°
83°50°
87°52°
89°53°
As of 1:00 AM in Monroe Regional Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Monroe Regional Airport
Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 0 miles off.
49Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good0.4 mi
- Ozone19Good17 ppb0.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Monroe Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 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
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Monroe Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MLU
- ICAO
- KMLU
- IATA
- MLU
- Field elevation
- 79 ft
- Serves
- Monroe
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MLU
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,504 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 45° / 225° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 6,301 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Monroe Regional (MLU), Monroe Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 35 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the north at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 8 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 600 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
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
Monroe Regional: 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 Monroe 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/79 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Monroe 26 N53961
At a climate reference station/25.8 mi away/88 ft/9 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge CRNONRL1
In a park or preserve/26.1 mi away/95 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Monroe 1.9 NELA-OC-37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/74 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
West MonroeWMLL1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/73 ft/6 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 Monroe Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lakeshorecommunity, 2 mi
- Richwoodtown, 5 mi
- Monroecity, 5 mi
- Swartzcommunity, 5 mi
- West Monroecity, 6 mi
- Brownsvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Bawcomvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Claibornecommunity, 9 mi
- Startcommunity, 10 mi
- Sterlingtontown, 13 mi
- Collinstonvillage, 16 mi
- Rayvilletown, 17 mi
Airports near Monroe Regional Airport
- Morehouse Memorial AirportBQP, 19 mi
- Ruston Regional AirportRSN, 32 mi
- Vicksburg Tallulah Regional AirportTVR, 60 mi
- Concordia Parish Airport0R4, 73 mi
- Minden AirportMNE, 74 mi
- Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional AirportESF, 79 mi
- Natchitoches Regional AirportIER, 82 mi
- Alexandria International AirportAEX, 87 mi