By Jerry Strahan

First, for Webster Parish we have a critical fire weather. 
Low humidity, temperatures in the 60s, clear skies and strong gusty winds.  We will continue in this fire weather until we get a good soaking rain.

There will be hit and miss rain showers this coming week, but as of this writing, I don’t see a lot of rain.

Webster Parish summary:

February 16:  Springhill low was 40 degrees F;  Minden low was 47F
Both cities woke up to dense fog which had burned off by 9 a.m.

February 17: Springhill low was 56F And Minden low was 57F.

February 18: Springhill low was 61F and Minden low was 62F.

February 19: Springhill low was 63F; Minden low was 65F.
Both cities had winds of 20 gusting to 28 mph.

February 20: Springhill low 50F; Minden low was 54F.

February 21: Springhill low 46;F Minden was 48F.

Springhill’s low last night was 34F and Minden was 36F Also, the winds Monday in Springhill were 24 mph gusting to 33 mph.
Springhill humidity at noon was 33 percent.
At 4:15 pm humidity was 20 percent.

(Jerry Strahan was a first responder in fire and emergency services for almost 45 years. He lives in north Webster Parish and has written weather articles for other publications.)