Storm Station
Athens, Louisiana
72°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 72°·Calm 1 mph NE
Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind around 0 mph.
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69%Humidity
45%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Athens, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Caney La (RAWS)CANL1

A remote fire weather station/10.9 mi away/236 ft/92 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank59of 555

MindenMNE

At an airfield/16.0 mi away/278 ft/50 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank295of 555

measured daily2 instruments

Homer 3.3 SLA-CB-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/287 ft/41 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Homer 3SSWHMRL1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/348 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Minden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Athens. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Minden, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINDENSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMinden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MNETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MNE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Minden: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNEFIG. B THE AIR AT MINDENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.0 FTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEMinden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MNE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Minden, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNEFIG. C THE WIND AT MINDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMinden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MNE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Minden, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Louisiana

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Near Athens

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.