HendersonRFI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/442 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rusk County Airport, Texas
Small airport in Rusk County, TexasRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... The National Weather Service in Shreveport LA has issued a Red Flag Warning in effect from 10 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * 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 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum Relative Humidity between 25 to 35 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
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.
74°
89°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 74°·Calm 1 mph SSE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Rusk County Airport until 1 AM Saturday. 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 20 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 89° today.
Now. Rusk County Airport is 74° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 60° 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 Wednesday, near 84°, and the coolest Saturday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:09 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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.
0UV Low
38Air quality
86%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
74feels74
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8965
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6959
11%
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6748
13mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7143
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7646
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8150
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8453
overcast
74°
89°65°
69°59°
67°48°
71°43°
76°46°
81°50°
84°53°
As of 9:00 PM in Rusk County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Rusk County Airport
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Tyler-Longview-Marshall (TX), 30 miles off.
38Good
- Ozone38Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rusk County Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Rusk County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RFI
- ICAO
- KRFI
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 442 ft
- Serves
- Henderson
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RFI
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 unlit | 3,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | Calm | Calm |
| 16 / 34 | 4,004 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 170° / 350° | Calm | Calm |
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Rusk County 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
A remote fire weather station/1.8 mi away/518 ft/76 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Henderson 4.3 WNWTX-RS-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/433 ft/9 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HendersonHENT2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/469 ft/27 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 Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Rusk County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hendersoncity, 3 mi
- New Londoncity, 9 mi
- Overtoncity, 12 mi
- Arpcity, 13 mi
- Troupcity, 16 mi
- Kilgorecity, 17 mi
- New Summerfieldcity, 18 mi
- Mount Enterprisecity, 18 mi
- Lake Cherokeecommunity, 19 mi
- Lakeportcity, 20 mi
- Reklawcity, 21 mi
- New Chapel Hillcity, 21 mi
Airports near Rusk County Airport
- East Texas Regional AirportGGG, 19 mi
- Cherokee County AirportJSO, 29 mi
- Panola County Sharpe Field4F2, 32 mi
- Tyler Pounds Regional AirportTYR, 35 mi
- Fox Stephens Field Gilmer Municipal AirportJXI, 39 mi
- A L Mangham Jr. Regional AirportOCH, 40 mi
- Harrison County AirportASL, 41 mi
- Center Municipal AirportF17, 46 mi