Storm Station
Hayes, Louisiana
78°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 78°·Light air 3 mph S
Mostly clear, with a low around 71. Wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
69%Humidity
71%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Hayes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Lacassine RAWSLACL1

A remote fire weather station/7.7 mi away/3 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank56of 555

measured daily2 instruments

Lacassine Wildlife RefugeLWRL1

In a park or preserve/10.6 mi away/7 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Bell City 11.9 WSWLA-CM-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.0 mi away/10 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.9 mi from Hayes. 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 Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, 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 CWFFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAKE CHARLES - CHENNAULT INTLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELake Charles - Chennault Intl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CWFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CWF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.4 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lake Charles - Chennault Intl: temperature 69.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWFFIG. B THE AIR AT LAKE CHARLES - CHENNAULT INTLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.4 F, 68.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLELake Charles - Chennault Intl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CWF-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 Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, 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 CWFFIG. C THE WIND AT LAKE CHARLES - CHENNAULT INTLPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELake Charles - Chennault Intl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CWF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, 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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