NATL FOREST/HWY 8 BET BENTLEY&POLLOCBENL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.3 mi away/243 ft/150 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Colfax, Louisiana
Town in Grant Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO WIND SHIFT, MOISTURE DROP AND WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and east and northeast Texas. * TIMING...From 10 AM this morning to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 30 to 72 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.
67°
80°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Calm 1 mph WSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Colfax until 1 AM 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 9 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 80° today.
Now. Colfax is 67° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 90°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
94%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8063
15mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7150
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7546
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7947
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8450
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8751
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
9052
overcast
67°
80°63°
71°50°
75°46°
79°47°
84°50°
87°51°
90°52°
As of 4:00 AM in Colfax, Louisiana.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Colfax
None in the last 24 hours; 0.81 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.81in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Colfax, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Colfax, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Colfax, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank120of 933
Alexandria INTL/England AFBAEX
At an airfield/15.5 mi away/89 ft/4 ft below here
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Citizen station GW7409GW7409
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.3 mi away/157 ft/64 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Colfax 7.2 NWLA-GR-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/95 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BoyceBYCL1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/75 ft/18 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Alexandria INTL/England AFB, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Colfax, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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 Colfax
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Boycetown, 9 mi
- Rock Hillcommunity, 10 mi
- Dry Prongvillage, 11 mi
- Prospectcommunity, 13 mi
- Kisatchie National Forestfeature, 14 mi
- Creolavillage, 14 mi
- Montgomerytown, 15 mi
- Pollocktown, 17 mi
- Balltown, 19 mi
- Atlantavillage, 20 mi
- Alexandriacity, 21 mi
- Pinevillecity, 22 mi