Temperature
71 F at 3 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 3 PM
- Highest
- 88F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 69F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Polk Army Air Field, Louisiana
Medium airport in Vernon Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... .Breezy and dry conditions due to a frontal passage will combine with very dry fuels resulting in a period of high fire danger. Red flag conditions will develop across portions of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas Friday afternoon and evening, before winds decrease and humidity recovers some overnight. Red flag conditions will then be expected again across all of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas during the day Saturday. The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity which is in effect from 9 AM to 8 PM CDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * 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 first Red Flag Warning, until 1 AM CDT Saturday. For the second Red Flag Warning, from 9 AM to 8 PM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 82 Friday and 73 Saturday. * 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.
72°
80°/67°
Overcast·
Feels like 72°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Polk Army Air Field 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 9 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 80° today.
Now. Polk Army Air Field is 72° and overcast at 4 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:59 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
46Air quality
61%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 PM
72feels72
15mph
Today
Oct 16
8067
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7151
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7448
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7848
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8251
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8652
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8954
overcast
72°
80°67°
71°51°
74°48°
78°48°
82°51°
86°52°
89°54°
As of 4:00 PM in Polk Army Air Field, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Polk Army Air Field
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 61 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
- Ozone21Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- 41TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 39SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Polk Army Air Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Polk Army Air Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- POE
- ICAO
- KPOE
- IATA
- POE
- Field elevation
- 330 ft
- Serves
- Fort Polk
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- POE
- Wind now
- From 350° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 15:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 4,109 ft | 125 ft | Asphalt | 160° / 340° | 17 mph head, on 33 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Polk (Army) (POE), Polk Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 57 F, the air 61% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 5 PM Thursday to 98% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 57F
- 3 PM
- Humidity now
- 61%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the north at 3 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 24 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.17 inHg at 3 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.17inHg
- 3 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.20inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 2 AM
- 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 700 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
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
Fort Polk (Army): 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 Polk Army Air Field, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/328 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Vernon - FtsLEVL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.0 mi away/325 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
LeesvilleLEEL1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/240 ft/90 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Leesville 7.1 SSWLA-VN-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/219 ft/111 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Polk Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Polk Army Air Field
- Beauregard Regional AirportDRI, 17 mi
- Allen Parish AirportACP, 36 mi
- Alexandria International AirportAEX, 43 mi
- De Quincy Industrial Airpark5R8, 45 mi
- Natchitoches Regional AirportIER, 48 mi
- Chennault International AirportCWF, 58 mi
- Esler Army Airfield / Esler Regional AirportESF, 58 mi
- Jennings Airport3R7, 63 mi