Tropical Depression Nine in the Gulf of America; California October Heat Wave Continues

Tropical Depression Nine is forecast to track toward the central U.S. Gulf Coast while strengthening into a tropical storm by early Wednesday and a hurricane on Thursday. Stay tuned to forecast updates. Much higher than typical October temperatures will continue across much of California through midweek. Temperatures are forecast to gradually cool beginning Thursday in Coastal California. Read More >

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Today's Records and Climate Data

Tropical Depression Nine has formed in the Gulf of America. Continue to monitor for further updates.

The dry week will continue with above normal temperatures for early October. However, depending on the evolution and future movement of a tropical system in the Gulf of America, rain chances could be high across at least Northern Louisiana and South Central Arkansas.

If you saw rain last week thru the weekend, then consider yourself lucky as portions of Northern Louisiana and Southern Arkansas mostly missed out. While their may be some minor improvement to the Flash Drought conditions across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma and extreme Southwest Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana, much of Northern Louisiana and South Central Arkansas will not see any improvement.

Here are today's climate records for selected sites across our Four-State area.

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Location	Time (CDT)	Weather	Vsby. (SM)	Temp. (ºF)	Dewpt. (ºF)	Hum. (%)	Wind (mph)	Wind Chill / Heat Index (ºF)	Pres. (in)
De Queen AR	03:53	Clear	10	53	52	96	CALM	-	29.96
El Dorado AR	03:53	Clear	10	59	53	80	CALM	-	29.95
Henderson TX	03:35	Clear	10	60	58	91	CALM	-	29.94
Idabel OK	03:35	Mostly Cloudy	9	57	57	100	NE 3	-	29.98
Longview TX	03:53	Clear	10	60	56	86	NW 5	-	29.94
Lufkin TX	03:53	Clear	10	69	54	58	CALM	-	29.92
Monroe LA	03:53	Clear	10	70	58	65	ENE 6	-	29.93
Mount Pleasant TX	Old	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-	N/A
Nacogdoches TX	03:56	Clear		65	57	75	CALM	-	29.94
Natchitoches LA	04:15	Clear	10	65	64	98	CALM	-	29.91
Shreveport LA (Regional Airport)	03:56	Clear	10	66	57	72	CALM	-	29.93
Shreveport LA (Downtown Airport)	03:53	Clear	10	64	58	80	CALM	-	29.94
Texarkana AR	03:53	Clear	10	62	55	77	NNE 3	-	29.96
Tyler TX	03:53	Clear	10	62	56	80	NNW 3	-	29.96


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Tropical Depression Nine in the Gulf of America; California October Heat Wave Continues

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