Bogue Chitto River near Bush02492000
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.2 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
White Sands Lake Beach, Louisiana
Beach in Washington Parish, LouisianaFire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... .A cold front will move through the area later today bringing very dry air with RH values falling into the low to mid 30s along with windy conditions with some gusts around 30 mph. The combination of gusty winds, current drought conditions, ample dry fuel, and very dry conditions will allow any fire that develops to spread quickly. * AFFECTED AREA...Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Washington, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Assumption, St. James, Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, Northern Tangipahoa, Walthall, Southeast St. Tammany, Northern St. Tammany, Southwestern St. Tammany, Central Tangipahoa, Lower Tangipahoa, Northern Livingston, Southern Livingston, Western Ascension and Eastern Ascension. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
73°
89°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Light air 1 mph N
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for White Sands Lake Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 89° today.
Now. White Sands Lake Beach is 73° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° 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 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
52Air quality
75%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
73feels73
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8964
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7353
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7450
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7850
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8352
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8552
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8652
overcast
73°
89°64°
73°53°
74°50°
78°50°
83°52°
85°52°
86°52°
As of 9:00 AM in White Sands Lake Beach, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at White Sands Lake Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 44 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone36Good-
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 39SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at White Sands Lake Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. 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 White Sands Lake Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- Parish
- Washington Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 30.7047° N
- Longitude
- 90.0251° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest White Sands Lake Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
BogalusaBXA
At an airfield/12.1 mi away/118 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW5825GW5825
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/127 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bogalusa 8.8 WNWLA-WS-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/330 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Covington 4NNWCOVL1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near White Sands Lake Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sunvillage, 8 mi
- Riocommunity, 8 mi
- Bogalusacity, 11 mi
- Folsomvillage, 11 mi
- Franklintontown, 12 mi
- Abita Springstown, 16 mi
- Covingtoncity, 16 mi
- Varnadovillage, 17 mi
- Angievillage, 22 mi
- Madisonvilletown, 22 mi
- Mandevillecity, 23 mi
- Lewisburgcommunity, 24 mi
Beaches near White Sands Lake Beach
- Olimpic Beach39 mi
- Hell Pass Coast69 mi
- Shell Beach73 mi
- Grand Isle Beach100 mi
- North Beach105 mi
- Miramar Beach127 mi
- Cypremort Point Beach128 mi
- Lakeview Park & Beach143 mi