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Swartz, LA 71281 Weather
Current conditions
Observed at Monroe Regional Airport · 28 min ago
Forecast
10-day-
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. North wind around 0 mph.
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Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
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Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 54. North wind around 0 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now61°
- 11 PM59°
- Wed12 AM58°
- 1 AM56°
- 2 AM57°
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- 4 AM53°
- 5 AM52°
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- 7 AM51°
- 8 AM53°
- 9 AM58°
- 10 AM67°
- 11 AM72°
- 12 PM75°
- 1 PM79°
- 2 PM80°
- 3 PM80°
- 4 PM81°
- 5 PM79°
- 6 PM77°
- 7 PM73°
- 8 PM68°
- 9 PM65°
10-day forecast
Details- TonightOct 20Partly Cloudy51°
- WedOct 21Sunny54°81°
- ThuOct 22Sunny53°84°
- FriOct 23Sunny50°84°
- SatOct 24Sunny48°83°
- SunOct 25Sunny49°79°
- MonOct 26Mostly Sunny51°81°
- TueOct 27Mostly Sunny82°
- WedOct 28Light rain0.05 in60°68°
- ThuOct 29Cloudy55°71°
Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.
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Air quality
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Forecast
- TueGood (44)
- WedModerate (53)
- ThuGood (50)
Monroe, LA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Almanac
MonthlyMonroe Regional Ap, records since 1930. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- Monroe 4 km
- Ruston 45 km
- West Monroe 3 km
- Claiborne 4 km
- Bastrop 40 km
- Grambling 52 km
- Winnsboro 55 km
- Jonesboro 59 km
- Brownsville 1 km
- Farmerville 39 km
- Rayville 38 km
- Bawcomville 2 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in SHV, issued 3 hrs ago
Key Messages
Issued at 153 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026
- A slight and continuous warming trend, along with reduced cloud cover and rain chances near zero, will maintain already elevated wildfire development risks.
- Rain chances will remain near zero percent through the next 7 days.
- Temperatures will remain near or slightly above normal for this time of the year (maximums/minimums in the lower 80s/lower 50s, respectively).
Discussion
Issued at 153 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026
Another day of surface ridging is underway with troughing off of the west coast and east coast of the CONUS. All spatiotemporal forecast trends are for ridging to remain as the predominant weather influence across the Four State Region through most of the rest of October. This synoptic setup will suppress rain chances throughout the 7-day forecast period (near 0% all week) and keep temperature maximums/minimums near or just above normal (maximums/minimums in the lower 80s/lower 50s, respectively). Combined with dry antecedent soils and an expansion of severe to extreme drought conditions being maintained, fire weather will continue to be a top forecast concern/impact, especially for areas north of I-20.
Long-range guidance suggests that surface ridging will very gradually evolve in shape and speed, elongating into an axis across the Mississippi River Valley by the end of the week and shifting east by the end of the weekend. In the process, the dry airmass will reinforce light easterly winds or calm winds through the week (a welcome reprieve from more critical fire weather conditions). Extended outlooks continue to paint a dry outlook for the rest of October with signals for ridging and dry weather to persist later into next week before a frontal boundary approaches the area for Halloween. /16/
Aviation
(00Z TAFS) Issued at 648 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026
For the ArkLaTex terminals, VFR continues this week with surface high pressure blowing cool and dry wind down the MS River Valley. We will keep E/NE5-10KT for Wednesday plus. The upper level pattern builds a ridge over the exiting surface high, bringing sinking air in late week and through this weekend, with our next fropa finally bringing down the upper ridge with some needed convection during Tuesday/night next week. /24/
Spotter Information Statement
Issued at 1119 PM CDT Mon Oct 19 2026
Spotter activation may be needed this week in the event of wildfire development.
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