Temperature
76 F at 10 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 70 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 76F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 70F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Southland Field, Louisiana
Small airport in Calcasieu Parish, LouisianaFire Weather Watch, 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. The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Fire Weather Watch for winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 055 Lower St. Martin, Fire Weather Zone 073 West Cameron, Fire Weather Zone 074 East Cameron, Fire Weather Zone 152 Upper Vermilion, Fire Weather Zone 153 Upper Iberia, Fire Weather Zone 154 Upper St. Mary, Fire Weather Zone 241 Southern Calcasieu, Fire Weather Zone 242 Southern Jefferson Davis, Fire Weather Zone 243 Southern Acadia, Fire Weather Zone 252 Lower Vermilion, Fire Weather Zone 253 Lower Iberia, Fire Weather Zone 254 Lower St. Mary, Fire Weather Zone 515 Upper Jefferson, Fire Weather Zone 516 Northern Orange, Fire Weather Zone 615 Lower Jefferson and Fire Weather Zone 616 Southern Orange. * TIMING...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * WINDS...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 35 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 72. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
76°
89°/69°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Light air 4 mph SSE
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Southland Field until 9 PM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Southland Field is 76° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° 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 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 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 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
97%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
76feels76
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8969
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8568
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7255
17mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7551
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7954
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8358
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8659
overcast
76°
89°69°
85°68°
72°55°
75°51°
79°54°
83°58°
86°59°
As of 10:00 PM in Southland Field, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Southland Field
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 14 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good10.8 mi
- Ozone28Good28 ppb1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.6 ppb10.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- 50TodayOct 15
- 43FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Southland Field
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 Southland Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 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
- UXL
- ICAO
- KUXL
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 10 ft
- Serves
- Sulphur
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- UXL
- Wind now
- From 90° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 unlit | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | 2 mph head, on 15 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sulphur (UXL), Southland Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 74 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 3 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 74F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 4 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 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 2,500 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,500ft
- 10 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 14
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
Sulphur: 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 Southland 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
SulphurUXL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/10 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sabine Nwr RAWSHAKL1
A remote fire weather station/16.9 mi away/16 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sulphur 0.8 SWLA-CC-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/10 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SulphurSULL1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/56 ft/46 ft above 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 Southland Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Southland Field
- Lake Charles Regional AirportLCH, 9 mi
- Chennault International AirportCWF, 15 mi
- De Quincy Industrial Airpark5R8, 22 mi
- Jennings Airport3R7, 43 mi
- Beauregard Regional AirportDRI, 48 mi
- Allen Parish AirportACP, 59 mi
- Polk Army Air FieldPOE, 64 mi
- Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial AirportIYA, 78 mi