Storm Station
Buras, Louisiana
81°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 84°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
63%Humidity
63%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Buras, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 26.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Main Pass 69PMZM

At an airfield/40.0 mi away/3 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank325of 555

measured daily1 instrument

Belle Chasse 7.9 SLA-PL-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/39.4 mi away/4 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Main Pass 69P, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 40.0 mi from Buras. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:45 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Main Pass 69P, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZMFIG. A THE SKY OVER MAIN PASS 69PSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMain Pass 69P, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MZMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MZM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

80.6 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Main Pass 69P: temperature 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZMFIG. B THE AIR AT MAIN PASS 69PTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.8 FTEMPERATURE 80.6 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLEMain Pass 69P, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MZM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Main Pass 69P, north up: at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZMFIG. C THE WIND AT MAIN PASS 69PPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMain Pass 69P, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MZM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Main Pass 69P, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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