Precip at Bayou Rapides nr Alexandria311844092334000
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Golf courses/Louisiana/Links on the Bayou
Links on the Bayou, Louisiana
Golf course in Rapides Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, 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. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind, dry fuels, and low relative humidity which is in effect from 11 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued. This Fire Weather Watch for winds and low relative humidity is in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * 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 Red Flag Warning, from 11 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 29 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 82. * LIGHTNING... * 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. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
75°
91°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Light air 2 mph SE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Links on the Bayou 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 9 degrees cooler: a high of 82° after 91° today.
Now. Links on the Bayou is 75° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 4 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 88°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:02 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 26 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
69%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9161
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8262
18mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7150
16mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7545
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7947
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8551
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8852
overcast
75°
91°61°
82°62°
71°50°
75°45°
79°47°
85°51°
88°52°
As of 9:00 PM in Links on the Bayou, Louisiana.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Links on the Bayou
None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 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
- 0.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Links on the Bayou, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Golf course
- Area
- 0.28 sq mi
- Parish
- Rapides Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 31.3062° N
- Longitude
- 92.5386° W
Course map
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Links on the Bayou, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Alexandria INTL/England AFBAEX
At an airfield/2.3 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW5707FW5707
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/83 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Alexandria 2.8 SWLA-RP-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/80 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a power station/4.3 mi away/81 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Links on the Bayou
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.