TICKFAW RIVER AT Tickfaw River at SpringfieldTSPL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.0 mi away/16 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tickfaw State Park, Louisiana
State Park in Livingston 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.
68°
89°/66°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 68°·Light air 3 mph N
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Tickfaw State Park 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 73° after 89° today.
Now. Tickfaw State Park is 68° and mostly clear at 8 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
95%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
68feels68
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8966
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7355
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7452
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7754
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8256
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8455
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8655
overcast
68°
89°66°
73°55°
74°52°
77°54°
82°56°
84°55°
86°55°
As of 8:00 AM in Tickfaw State Park, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Tickfaw State Park
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Baton Rouge Area (LA), 30 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate12 mi
- Ozone16Good6 ppb12 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)38Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.3 ppb12 mi
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 64, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 64YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tickfaw State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Tickfaw State Park, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 1.93 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 3 ft
- Parish
- Livingston Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 30.3874° N
- Longitude
- 90.6341° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Tickfaw State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW2721DW2721
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.0 mi away/7 ft/4 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/15.7 mi away/43 ft/40 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Livingston 12.1 SSELA-LV-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/14 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LivingstonLVGL1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/62 ft/59 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
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Tickfaw State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Killiantown, 4 mi
- Springfieldtown, 6 mi
- Albanytown, 9 mi
- Livingstontown, 10 mi
- French Settlementvillage, 11 mi
- Ponchatoulacity, 12 mi
- Port Vincentvillage, 13 mi
- Hammondcity, 13 mi
- Natalbanycommunity, 14 mi
- Walkertown, 16 mi
- Tickfawvillage, 16 mi
- Independencetown, 19 mi