Precip at Little River Launch at Jonesville313802091492400
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Wallace Ridge, Louisiana
Community in Catahoula 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.
65°
83°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Calm 1 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Wallace 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. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 83° today.
Now. Wallace Ridge is 65° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 12 PM. 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 90°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 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
57Air quality
72%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8362
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7150
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7645
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8047
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8650
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8851
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
9052
overcast
65°
83°62°
71°50°
76°45°
80°47°
86°50°
88°51°
90°52°
As of 3:00 AM in Wallace Ridge, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Wallace Ridge
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 59 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
- Ozone11Good-
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 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wallace Ridge
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Wallace Ridge, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Wallace Ridge, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Wallace Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Rank427of 933
Vidalia0R4
At an airfield/21.4 mi away/48 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Harrisonburg 3.9 SWLA-CT-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/51 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Black River Near Jonesville L/DJNEL1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/56 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Vidalia, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 21.4 mi from Wallace Ridge, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
64.6 F with a dew point of 55.2 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
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 Wallace Ridge
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jonesvilletown, 4 mi
- Harrisonburgvillage, 6 mi
- Sicily Islandvillage, 16 mi
- Jenatown, 17 mi
- Ferridaytown, 17 mi
- Montereycommunity, 18 mi
- Midwaycommunity, 18 mi
- Claytontown, 18 mi
- Good Pinecommunity, 19 mi
- Ridgecresttown, 19 mi
- Troutcommunity, 20 mi
- Minorcacommunity, 22 mi