Storm Station
Ball, Louisiana
65° 91°/64°
Overcast· Feels like 65°·Light air 3 mph E
Mostly clear, with a low around 66. Northwest wind around 0 mph.
0UV Low
39Air quality
81%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
3:15 AM
65feels65
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
9164
UV 7
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
9267
UV 7
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
9570
UV 7
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
9570
32%
14mph
UV 7
drizzle light
Thu
Oct 1
9573
52%
UV 7
thunderstorm
Fri
Oct 2
9371
57%
drizzle light
Sat
Oct 3
9071
53%
drizzle
65°
91°64°
92°67°
95°70°
95°70°
95°73°
93°71°
90°71°

As of 3:15 AM in Ball, Louisiana.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Ball, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Alexandria - EslerESF

At an airfield/7.7 mi away/83 ft/92 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank44of 555

measured daily2 instruments

Pineville 6.1 NNWLA-RP-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/166 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Alexandria Power PlantALXL1

At a power station/7.7 mi away/81 ft/94 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Alexandria - Esler, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.7 mi from Ball. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:53 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 Alexandria - Esler, 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 ESFFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALEXANDRIA - ESLERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEAlexandria - Esler, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ESFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ESF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Alexandria - Esler: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESFFIG. B THE AIR AT ALEXANDRIA - ESLERTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEAlexandria - Esler, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ESF-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 Alexandria - Esler, 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 ESFFIG. C THE WIND AT ALEXANDRIA - ESLERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAlexandria - Esler, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ESF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Louisiana

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ball

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