BastropBQP
At an airfield/10.8 mi away/167 ft/79 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Oak Ridge, Louisiana
Village in Morehouse 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.
67°
75°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Calm 1 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Oak Ridge 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. Oak Ridge is 67° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° 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 sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, 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 10:48 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, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
76%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7563
14%
15mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6948
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7344
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7746
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8250
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8652
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8853
overcast
67°
75°63°
69°48°
73°44°
77°46°
82°50°
86°52°
88°53°
As of 2:00 AM in Oak Ridge, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Oak Ridge
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 18 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate17.6 mi
- Ozone16Good10 ppb17.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oak Ridge
None in the last 24 hours; 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.19in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Oak Ridge, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Oak Ridge, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Oak Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank469of 933
Citizen station KD5MWL-2KD5MWL-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.2 mi away/77 ft/11 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Precip at Boeuf River east of Mer Rouge324616091354400
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Monroe 26 N53961
At a climate reference station/26.1 mi away/88 ft/level with here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Oak Ridge CoopOKRL1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/121 ft/33 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
FSA-Rayville 1.1 WLA-RC-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.6 mi away/83 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Bastrop, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 10.8 mi from Oak Ridge, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft.
The air
66.7 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 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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