Storm Station
Marion, Louisiana
69°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 69°·Light air 1 mph E
Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. North wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
84%Humidity
57%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Marion, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Monroe 26 N53961

At a climate reference station/8.0 mi away/88 ft/81 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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BastropBQP

At an airfield/23.4 mi away/167 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank318of 555

measured daily2 instruments

Marion 5.7 ENELA-UN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/87 ft/82 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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West MonroeWMLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/31.0 mi away/73 ft/96 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bastrop, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.4 mi from Marion. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:30 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

62.8 F with a dew point of 61.3 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 Bastrop: temperature 62.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.3, 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 BQPFIG. B THE AIR AT BASTROPTHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.9 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.8 F, 61.3 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 POINTTITLEBastrop, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BQPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BQP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Bastrop, 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 BQPFIG. C THE WIND AT BASTROPPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBastrop, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BQPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BQP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 167 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.74 inHg and the temperature at 58.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.96 inHg means its barometer reads 29.78 inHg; it reports 62.8 F, 4.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Bastrop stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 167 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.74 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.96 and the station pressure it means, 29.78.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BQPFIG. D WHERE BASTROP 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 ATMOSPHEREBASTROP1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT167 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 HERE29.74 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.96 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.78 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED62.8 FTITLEBastrop, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS BQPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BQP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Bastrop, in 5 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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Near Marion

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