Storm Station
St. Joseph, Louisiana
74°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 74°·Calm 0 mph N
Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
82%Humidity
48%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest St. Joseph, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Vidalia0R4

At an airfield/29.2 mi away/48 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank321of 555

measured daily2 instruments

FSA-St. Joseph 0.5 NNWLA-TS-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/70 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Vidalia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.2 mi from St. Joseph. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 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 Vidalia, 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 0R4FIG. A THE SKY OVER VIDALIASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEVidalia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0R4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-0R4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 55.2 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Vidalia: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.2, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0R4FIG. B THE AIR AT VIDALIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.5 FTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 55.2 FSPREAD 7.4 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 POINTTITLEVidalia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0R4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-0R4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Vidalia, 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 0R4FIG. C THE WIND AT VIDALIAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEVidalia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0R4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-0R4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Vidalia, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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