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At an airfield/29.2 mi away/48 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St. Joseph, Louisiana
Town in Tensas 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.
64°
80°/62°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 64°·Light air 2 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for St. Joseph 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. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 80° today.
Now. St. Joseph is 64° and mostly clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 64): 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 71°. 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 10:48 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
64Air quality
95%Humidity
14%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
64feels64
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8062
19mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7150
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7546
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8048
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8450
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8651
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8952
overcast
64°
80°62°
71°50°
75°46°
80°48°
84°50°
86°51°
89°52°
As of 6:00 AM in St. Joseph, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at St. Joseph
Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 62 miles off.
64Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
- Ozone12Good-
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 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at St. Joseph
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 St. Joseph, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over St. Joseph, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest St. Joseph, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Rank493of 933
Precip at Tensas River at Tendal322555091220000
At a river or reservoir gauge/36.2 mi away/63 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
FSA-St. Joseph 0.5 NNWLA-TS-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/70 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lsu NE La Research Station CoopSTJL1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/82 ft/12 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Vidalia, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 29.2 mi from St. Joseph, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
61.3 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.
The wind
From the east (100 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Vidalia, 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 St. Joseph
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Newelltontown, 11 mi
- Waterprooftown, 12 mi
- Spokanecommunity, 17 mi
- Claytontown, 22 mi
- Wisnertown, 25 mi
- Sicily Islandvillage, 25 mi
- Gilbertvillage, 26 mi
- Vidaliatown, 27 mi
- Ferridaytown, 27 mi
- Ridgecresttown, 28 mi
- Minorcacommunity, 28 mi
- Moundvillage, 31 mi