Temperature
70 F at 5 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ruston Regional Airport, Louisiana
Small airport in Lincoln Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING 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 this morning to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 30 to 72 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.
69°
75°/64°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 69°·Light air 4 mph WNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Ruston 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. Ruston Regional Airport is 69° and mostly clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the west-northwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 61): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
61Air quality
90%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
69feels69
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
7564
21mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7048
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7344
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7846
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8249
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8650
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8952
overcast
69°
75°64°
70°48°
73°44°
78°46°
82°49°
86°50°
89°52°
As of 5:00 AM in Ruston Regional Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Ruston Regional Airport
Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 32 miles off.
61Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate-
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ruston Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ruston Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RSN
- ICAO
- KRSN
- IATA
- RSN
- Field elevation
- 311 ft
- Serves
- Ruston
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RSN
- Wind now
- Variable at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 6,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ruston (RSN), Ruston Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 33 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph at 5 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 2mph
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 7 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 400 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 6,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
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
Ruston: 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 Ruston 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
RustonRSN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/312 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Caney La (RAWS)CANL1
A remote fire weather station/34.3 mi away/236 ft/75 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Monroe 26 N53961
At a climate reference station/37.6 mi away/88 ft/223 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
FSA-Ruston 1.4 NELA-LN-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/255 ft/56 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ArcadiaARCL1
At a cooperative observer's station/19.4 mi away/397 ft/86 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 Arcadia (ARCL1), 19.4 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 Ruston Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Ruston Regional Airport
- Monroe Regional AirportMLU, 32 mi
- Minden AirportMNE, 42 mi
- Morehouse Memorial AirportBQP, 44 mi
- Natchitoches Regional AirportIER, 62 mi
- Barksdale Air Force BaseBAD, 63 mi
- Shreveport Downtown AirportDTN, 67 mi
- Shreveport Regional AirportSHV, 72 mi
- C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport3F3, 75 mi