Storm Station
Benton, Louisiana
73°
Mostly clear· Feels like 73°·Calm 1 mph W
Sunny, with a high near 95. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
64%Humidity
27%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Benton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Shreveport DowntownDTN

At an airfield/10.7 mi away/180 ft/30 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank50of 555

Caney La (RAWS)CANL1

A remote fire weather station/39.9 mi away/236 ft/26 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank64of 555

measured daily2 instruments

Benton 4.1 SSELA-BS-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/190 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Shreveport Downtown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Benton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 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 Shreveport Downtown, 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 DTNFIG. A THE SKY OVER SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWNSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEShreveport Downtown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DTNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DTN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Shreveport Downtown: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DTNFIG. B THE AIR AT SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWNTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.0 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEShreveport Downtown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DTN-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 Shreveport Downtown, 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 DTNFIG. C THE WIND AT SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWNPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEShreveport Downtown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DTNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DTN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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