Precip at Bayou Macon east of Epps323714091242000
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Poverty Point National Monument, Louisiana
National Monument in West Carroll Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WIND...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph behind a cold front. * HUMIDITY...Minimum Relative Humidity values between 25 to 40 percent. * FUELS...Critically dry. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. 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 will create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid activities that promote open flames and sparks. A Fire Weather Watch means that the potential for critical fire weather conditions exists. These conditions could promote the rapid spread of wildfires which could become life-threatening. Check www.weather.gov/jan/fireweather for forecast updates and a possible upgrade of this watch to a Red Flag Warning.
69°
92°/64°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 69°·Calm 1 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Poverty Point National Monument 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 15 degrees cooler: a high of 77° after 92° today.
Now. Poverty Point National Monument is 69° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
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 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 70°. 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 south-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
48Air quality
83%Humidity
13%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
69feels69
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
9264
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
7763
17mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7049
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7444
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7846
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8350
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8752
overcast
69°
92°64°
77°63°
70°49°
74°44°
78°46°
83°50°
87°52°
As of 11:00 PM in Poverty Point National Monument, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Poverty Point National Monument
Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 38 miles off.
48Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Highest 60, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 14
- 60TodayOct 15
- 44FriOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Poverty Point National Monument
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Poverty Point National Monument, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- National Monument
- Area
- 1.55 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 101 ft
- Parish
- West Carroll Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 32.6352° N
- Longitude
- 91.4081° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Poverty Point National Monument, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
BastropBQP
At an airfield/28.7 mi away/167 ft/66 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station KD5MWL-2KD5MWL-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.1 mi away/77 ft/24 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pioneer 0.3 WSWLA-WC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/102 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oak Grove CoopOKCL1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.9 mi away/131 ft/30 ft above 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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