Citizen station FW1475FW1475
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/370 ft/7 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Center, Texas
City in Shelby County, TexasRed 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.
71°
72°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Calm 0 mph S
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Center 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. Center is 71° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 59° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 6 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 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:01 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
59Air quality
94%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7262
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6849
14mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7244
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7646
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8150
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8552
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8754
overcast
71°
72°62°
68°49°
72°44°
76°46°
81°50°
85°52°
87°54°
As of 12:00 AM in Center, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Center
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 57 miles off.
59Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
- Ozone25Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Center
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Center, the next 44 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 Center, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank4,457of 4,689
CenterF17
At an airfield/2.9 mi away/312 ft/51 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Green HillTWDB-SYGRE
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.8 mi away/231 ft/132 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
NacogdochesS2228
At a soil climate station/39.6 mi away/245 ft/118 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Center 0.6 NWTX-SL-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/400 ft/37 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
CenterCENT2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/331 ft/32 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Center, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Center, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
71.6 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Center, 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 Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Center
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.