Storm Station
Taft, Louisiana
78°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 78°·Calm 0 mph S
Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. West wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
65%Humidity
72%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Taft, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

St Rose 0.3 WLA-SC-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/6 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ThibodauxTHIL1

At a cooperative observer's station/25.9 mi away/4 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Taft. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft, broken at 25,000 ft; the ceiling is 25,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 25,000 feet, the ceiling at 25,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSYFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW ORLEANS - LOUIS ARMSTRONGSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 25,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 25,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENew Orleans - Louis Armstrong, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MSYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MSY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at New Orleans - Louis Armstrong: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSYFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW ORLEANS - LOUIS ARMSTRONGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.2 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 69.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 - Louis Armstrong, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MSY-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 New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, 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 MSYFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW ORLEANS - LOUIS ARMSTRONGPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLENew Orleans - Louis Armstrong, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MSY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Louisiana

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

Near Taft

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