Precip at Castor Ck nr Grayson320454092122300
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Banks Springs, Louisiana
Community in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of north central and northwest Louisiana. * TIMING...From 9 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 31 to 69 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. 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.
55°
71°/49°
Clear·
Feels like 55°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Banks Springs until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Banks Springs is 55° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 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 Friday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:48 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
18Air quality
64%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
55feels55
16mph
Today
Oct 17
7149
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7345
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7746
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8248
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8549
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8750
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
8852
overcast
55°
71°49°
73°45°
77°46°
82°48°
85°49°
87°50°
88°52°
As of 9:00 AM in Banks Springs, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Banks Springs
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 30 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 16
- 39TodayOct 17
- 44SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Banks Springs
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 8 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 Banks Springs, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Banks Springs, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Banks Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank117of 934
At an airfield/30.0 mi away/79 ft/115 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station KD5MWL-2KD5MWL-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/32.3 mi away/77 ft/117 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Columbia 4.1 NNWLA-CW-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/70 ft/124 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
COLUMBIA L&DCOLL1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/85 ft/109 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Monroe Regional, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 30.0 mi from Banks Springs, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 8:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
53.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.
The wind
From the north (10 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.
The full report of Monroe Regional, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Louisiana
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Near Banks Springs
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.