At an airfield/5.4 mi away/167 ft/49 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Red Chute, Louisiana
Community in Bossier Parish, LouisianaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY DUE TO GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... The National Weather Service in Shreveport LA has issued a Red Flag Warning in effect from 10 AM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * 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 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum Relative Humidity between 25 to 35 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
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.
72°
90°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Calm 0 mph SSE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Red Chute until 1 AM Saturday. 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 18 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 90° today.
Now. Red Chute is 72° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 Wednesday, near 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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
59Air quality
86%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9065
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7264
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6950
13mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7244
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7747
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8251
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8654
overcast
72°
90°65°
72°64°
69°50°
72°44°
77°47°
82°51°
86°54°
As of 11:00 PM in Red Chute, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Red Chute
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 8 miles off.
59Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate7.9 mi
- Ozone31Good14 ppb7.9 mi
The days ahead
Highest 56, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- 56TodayOct 15
- 39FriOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Red Chute
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Red Chute, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Red Chute, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Red Chute, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank137of 933
Precip at Cross Bayou at Shreveport323109093450400
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station DW8306DW8306
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.8 mi away/159 ft/57 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Haughton 3.7 WNWLA-BS-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/211 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BlanchardELCL1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/164 ft/52 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Barksdale AFB, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from Red Chute, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.
The air
71.2 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Barksdale AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Blanchard (ELCL1), 9.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 10:30. measured daily
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