Precip at B Colewa Byu at Prince Rd nr Pioneer324516091315500
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Forest, Louisiana
Village in West Carroll 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°
76°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light air 1 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Forest 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. Forest is 69° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 10 AM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 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
48Air quality
77%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7663
12%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
7048
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7444
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7846
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8350
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8652
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8953
overcast
69°
76°63°
70°48°
74°44°
78°46°
83°50°
86°52°
89°53°
As of 12:00 AM in Forest, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Forest
Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 42 miles off.
48Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 14
- 44TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Forest
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Forest, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Forest, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Forest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank480of 933
BastropBQP
At an airfield/27.3 mi away/167 ft/44 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station KD5MWL-2KD5MWL-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/38.3 mi away/77 ft/46 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pioneer 0.3 WSWLA-WC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/102 ft/21 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oak Grove CoopOKCL1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/131 ft/8 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Bastrop, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 27.3 mi from Forest, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:30 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft.
The air
67.6 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.
The wind
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
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
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Forest
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.