Citizen station GW6348GW6348
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/3 ft/4 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fort Pike State Historic Site, Louisiana
State Historic Site in Orleans Parish, Louisiana* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 kt and seas 6 to 9 ft expected. * WHERE...Mississippi Sound, Chandeleur Sound, Breton Sound, Lake Borgne, and open Gulf waters east of the mouth of the Mississippi River. * WHEN...From 7 AM Tuesday to 3 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
73°
85°/68°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 73°·Light air 3 mph NE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Fort Pike State Historic Site until 3 AM Friday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fort Pike State Historic Site is 73° and mostly clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 69° by 4 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 81°. Thunderstorms is likely Saturday (63%). Rain is possible Friday (34%), Sunday (48%) and Monday (34%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 3:54 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 44 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
91%Humidity
17%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
73feels73
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 6
8568
UV 7
Wed
Oct 7
8667
UV 8
Thu
Oct 8
8667
UV 8
Fri
Oct 9
8465
34%
Sat
Oct 10
8165
63%
14mph
Sun
Oct 11
8466
48%
Mon
Oct 12
8668
34%
73°
85°68°
86°67°
86°67°
84°65°
81°65°
84°66°
86°68°
As of 1:00 AM in Fort Pike State Historic Site, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Fort Pike State Historic Site
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 13 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good21.1 mi
- Ozone20Good14 ppb22.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.9 ppb21.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 7, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 5
- 39TodayOct 6
- 43WedOct 7
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Pike State Historic Site
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 3.50 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 3.50in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Pike State Historic Site, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Wed 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Tue 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Historic Site
- Area
- 730,000 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 7 ft
- County
- Orleans Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 30.1676° N
- Longitude
- 89.7373° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Fort Pike State Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Fritchie PortableSFPL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/20 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SlidellASD
At an airfield/13.2 mi away/26 ft/19 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
SlidellSISL1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/13 ft/6 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Slidell 2.4 ELA-ST-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/12 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Fort Pike State Historic Site
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Chalmettecommunity, 20 mi
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- New Orleanscity, 25 mi
- Terrytowncommunity, 25 mi