Storm Station
Meraux, Louisiana
81°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 84°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Partly cloudy. Low around 73, with temperatures rising to around 75 overnight. West wind around 5 mph.
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63%Humidity
69%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Meraux, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

New Orleans/LakefroNEW

At an airfield/9.8 mi away/10 ft/9 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank51of 555

measured daily2 instruments

MerauxMERL1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/12 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Meraux 1.0 SSWLA-OR-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/6 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at New Orleans/Lakefro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.8 mi from Meraux. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over New Orleans/Lakefro, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NEWFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFROSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENew Orleans/Lakefro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NEWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NEW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

79.0 F with a dew point of 70.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at New Orleans/Lakefro: temperature 79.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NEWFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 79.0 FDEW POINT 70.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLENew Orleans/Lakefro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NEWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NEW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at New Orleans/Lakefro, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NEWFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew Orleans/Lakefro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NEWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NEW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of New Orleans/Lakefro, 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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