Precip at Thompson Ck nr Starhill304450091170800
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Locust Grove State Historic Site, Louisiana
State Historic Site in West Feliciana Parish, LouisianaFire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... .A cold front will move through the area later today bringing very dry air with RH values falling into the low to mid 30s along with windy conditions with some gusts around 30 mph. The combination of gusty winds, current drought conditions, ample dry fuel, and very dry conditions will allow any fire that develops to spread quickly. * AFFECTED AREA...Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Washington, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Assumption, St. James, Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, Northern Tangipahoa, Walthall, Southeast St. Tammany, Northern St. Tammany, Southwestern St. Tammany, Central Tangipahoa, Lower Tangipahoa, Northern Livingston, Southern Livingston, Western Ascension and Eastern Ascension. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * 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.
67°
87°/65°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 67°·Calm 0 mph
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Locust Grove State Historic Site until 8 PM tomorrow. 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 16 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 87° today.
Now. Locust Grove State Historic Site is 67° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 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 26 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
96%Humidity
23%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
67feels67
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8765
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7152
20mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7448
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7950
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8453
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8653
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8854
overcast
67°
87°65°
71°52°
74°48°
79°50°
84°53°
86°53°
88°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Locust Grove State Historic Site, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Locust Grove State Historic Site
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Baton Rouge Area (LA), 30 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Ozone23Good10 ppb19.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.3 ppb19.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 53YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Locust Grove State Historic Site
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Locust Grove State Historic Site, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Historic Site
- Area
- 8,500 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 174 ft
- Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 30.8376° N
- Longitude
- 91.3354° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Locust Grove State Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
New RoadsHZR
At an airfield/11.8 mi away/36 ft/138 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW7632GW7632
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.7 mi away/17 ft/157 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
ST. Francisville 5.7 ESELA-WF-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/259 ft/85 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Saint FrancisvilleSFVL1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/117 ft/57 ft below 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
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Near Locust Grove State Historic Site
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.