Storm Station
Edgefield, Louisiana
77°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 77°·Light air 2 mph N
Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Southeast wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
62%Humidity
58%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Edgefield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Mansfield3F3

At an airfield/25.2 mi away/326 ft/153 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Gum Springs LaGUML1

At a river or reservoir gauge/34.9 mi away/289 ft/116 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank15of 555

measured daily2 instruments

Coushatta 4.3 ENELA-RR-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/207 ft/34 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Natchitoches #2ICHL1

At a cooperative observer's station/22.0 mi away/157 ft/16 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Gum Springs La, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 34.9 mi from Edgefield. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:42 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 61.5 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gum Springs La: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.5, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GUML1FIG. B THE AIR AT GUM SPRINGS LATHE 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 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.7 FTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 61.5 FSPREAD 7.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEGum Springs La, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP GUML1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GUML1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Gum Springs La, 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 GUML1FIG. C THE WIND AT GUM SPRINGS LAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGum Springs La, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP GUML1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GUML1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 289 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.61 inHg and the temperature at 58.0 F; it reports 69.0 F, 11.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Gum Springs La stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 289 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.61 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GUML1FIG. D WHERE GUM SPRINGS LA STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREGUM SPRINGS LA1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT289 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.61 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED69.0 FTITLEGum Springs La, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP GUML1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GUML1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Gum Springs La, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Natchitoches #2 (ICHL1), 22.0 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Louisiana

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

Near Edgefield

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