Precip at Flat River east of Caplis322415093355900
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lake Bistineau State Park, Louisiana
State Park in Webster Parish, LouisianaRed 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.
71°
90°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Calm 0 mph
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Lake Bistineau State Park 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 18 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 90° today.
Now. Lake Bistineau State Park is 71° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
59Air quality
83%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9065
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
7264
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6949
12mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7344
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7747
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8251
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8653
overcast
71°
90°65°
72°64°
69°49°
73°44°
77°47°
82°51°
86°53°
As of 10:00 PM in Lake Bistineau State Park, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Lake Bistineau State Park
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 22 miles off.
59Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate22 mi
- Ozone31Good19 ppb22 mi
The days ahead
Highest 56, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- 56TodayOct 15
- 39FriOct 16
- 31SatOct 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 Lake Bistineau State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lake Bistineau State Park, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 1.32 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 171 ft
- Parish
- Webster Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 32.4402° N
- Longitude
- 93.3941° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Lake Bistineau State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
MindenMNE
At an airfield/15.3 mi away/278 ft/107 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW8899FW8899
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.6 mi away/305 ft/134 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Doyline 4.6 SLA-WR-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/178 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
TaylortownTLYL1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/151 ft/20 ft below 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 Taylortown (TLYL1), 10.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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Near Lake Bistineau State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.