Today is forecast to be Much Cooler than yesterday.
Nowcast as of 6:45 am CST on November 16, 2009
Now
The National Weather Service Doppler radar in Shreveport...continues to show a weakened and disorganized line of showers and thunderstorms moving through the arklatex. These showers and thunderstorms formed along and just ahead a cold front. The line is near a strong Arkansas...Bienville Louisiana...San Augustine Texas line...and movement has been steady to the east near 20 mph. Rainfall amounts have been observed...at around a quarter inch to a half inch per hour.
Forecast for Union
Updated: 3:48 am CST on November 16, 2009
Today
Showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds this morning 10 to 15 mph...becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
The Flood Warning continues for the Ouachita River at Monroe. * Until further notice... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 7:00 PM Sunday the stage was 47.3 feet. * Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 40.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will continue to fall to a stage of 47.0 feet by Tuesday morning and continue to recede some one to two inches a day through the end of November but remain above flood stage into mid December.
