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At an airfield/4.4 mi away/167 ft/88 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Collinston, Louisiana
Village in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana* WIND...North winds around 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity between 30 to 35 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.
49°
70°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 46°·Light breeze 7 mph N
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Collinston until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Collinston is 49° and clear at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 46°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° 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.
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 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:45 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 20 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
73%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
49feels46
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
7048
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7345
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7745
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8148
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8449
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8650
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
8852
overcast
49°
70°48°
73°45°
77°45°
81°48°
84°49°
86°50°
88°52°
As of 6:00 AM in Collinston, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Collinston
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 16 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good16.1 mi
- Ozone15Good16 ppb16.1 mi
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 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Collinston
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 5 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 Collinston, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Collinston, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Collinston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank461of 934
Citizen station KD5MWL-2KD5MWL-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.9 mi away/77 ft/2 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Precip at Bayou De Siard at NE Drive at Monroe323146092041800
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Monroe 26 N53961
At a climate reference station/18.9 mi away/88 ft/9 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
FSA-Bastrop 1.6 ELA-MR-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/152 ft/73 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oak Ridge CoopOKRL1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/121 ft/42 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Bastrop, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Collinston, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:50 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft.
The air
48.0 F with a dew point of 39.6 F, 73 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 Bastrop, 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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