Citizen station GW5499GW5499
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/430 ft/55 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Yantis, Texas
Town in Wood 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°
66°/57°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 71°·Gentle breeze 8 mph NNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Yantis 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. Yantis is 71° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 57° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° 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 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:03 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
83%Humidity
20%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
71feels71
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6657
14%
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6647
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7043
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7547
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7952
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8456
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8659
overcast
71°
66°57°
66°47°
70°43°
75°47°
79°52°
84°56°
86°59°
As of 12:00 AM in Yantis, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Yantis
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Tyler-Longview-Marshall (TX), 43 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone32Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Yantis
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Yantis, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Yantis, TexasReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Yantis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank3,573of 4,689
Lake Fk Res nr Quitman08018800
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/13.9 mi away/433 ft/52 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lake Fork ReservoirLFKT2
At a reservoir/7.9 mi away/423 ft/62 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Quitman 6.9 NTX-WD-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/438 ft/47 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Mineola/Quitman, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Yantis, Texas. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Broken at 19,000 ft; the ceiling is 19,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
74.0 F with a dew point of 67.3 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 19,000 ft.
The wind
From the north (350 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Mineola/Quitman, 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 Lake Fork Reservoir (LFKT2), 7.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Yantis
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.