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At a river or reservoir gauge/6.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Gilliam, Louisiana
Village in Caddo Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY 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 Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * WINDS...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 28 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.
70°
71°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Calm 1 mph NW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Gilliam 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.
Now. Gilliam is 70° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 60° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
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 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:56 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.
0UV Low
59Air quality
88%Humidity
8%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7161
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6948
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7343
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7746
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8249
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8652
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8954
overcast
70°
71°61°
69°48°
73°43°
77°46°
82°49°
86°52°
89°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Gilliam, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Gilliam
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 21 miles off.
59Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate21 mi
- Ozone13Good7 ppb10.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gilliam
None in the last 24 hours; 0.42 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.42in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gilliam, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Gilliam, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Gilliam, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank551of 933
Citizen station DW5467DW5467
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.1 mi away/244 ft/52 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/20.6 mi away/180 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gilliam 0.6 NELA-CD-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/193 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Plain DealingPLNL1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/308 ft/116 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Shreveport Downtown, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 20.6 mi from Gilliam, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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
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