Precip at Big Creek at Holly Ridge322759091364100
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Baskin, Louisiana
Village in Franklin 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°
75°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light air 2 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Baskin until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Baskin is 69° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
49Air quality
76%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7564
12%
17mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6949
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7345
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7846
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8350
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8652
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8953
overcast
69°
75°64°
69°49°
73°45°
78°46°
83°50°
86°52°
89°53°
As of 1:00 AM in Baskin, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Baskin
Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 25 miles off.
49Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good24.8 mi
- Ozone19Good17 ppb24.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Baskin
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Baskin, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Baskin, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Baskin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank176of 933
At an airfield/24.2 mi away/79 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station KD5MWL-2KD5MWL-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.3 mi away/77 ft/4 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Winnsboro 5.3 NNELA-FP-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/72 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lsu Sweet Potato Res.Station CoopWINL1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/72 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Monroe Regional, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 24.2 mi from Baskin, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
71.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
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
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