Citizen station FW7886FW7886
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/19 ft/6 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site is 74° and mostly clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the north-northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 69° 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 8, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Saturday, near 83°. Thunderstorms is possible Saturday (49%), Sunday (39%) and Monday (37%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site, Louisiana.
Air quality
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Baton Rouge Area (LA), 13 miles off.
Good each day through Wed Oct 7, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
No smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Wed 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Wed 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW7886FW7886
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/19 ft/6 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Bayou Fountain at Bluebonnet Blvd near B.R.07378810
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/17.8 mi away/69 ft/44 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Plaquemine 0.6 NNELA-IV-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/20 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PlaqueminePQML1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/20 ft/5 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.