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Allen Parish Airport, Louisiana

Small airport in Allen Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Allen Parish Airport

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 53 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Allen Parish Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Allen Parish Airport, the next 42 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
ACP
ICAO
KACP
IATA
-
Field elevation
107 ft
Serves
Oakdale
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
ACP
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
18 / 365,000 ft75 ftAsphalt170° / 350°CalmCalm
18362,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt (ACP), Allen Parish Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

67 F at 1 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.

Now
67F
1 AM
Highest
91F
5 PM Thursday
Lowest
63F
4 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, temperature from 62.6 to 90.5, the latest 66.8; dew point from 60.8 to 69.8, the latest 63.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF607080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 63 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 5 PM Thursday to 94% at 5 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
63F
1 AM
Humidity now
88%
Humidity, range
37 to 94%
Relative humidity at Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, relative humidity from 37 to 94, the latest 88, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%204060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
5mph
9 AM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, wind from 0 to 5, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph02463 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, wind direction from 110 to 200, the latest 130, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.08 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
1 AM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.04inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, pressure, altimeter from 29.99 to 30.10, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9530.0030.0530.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 4 AM Thursday, under a mile for 5 hours; 7 miles now.

Now
7mi
Lowest
0.3mi
4 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
5
Visibility at Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 7.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
3 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
14
Lowest cloud base at Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, lowest cloud base from 100 to 8,000, the latest 8,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Allen Parish Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Dove Field RAWSVRNL1

A remote fire weather station/26.2 mi away/325 ft/218 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Beaver FiretowerOKLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/138 ft/31 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

FSA-Oberlin 0.7 NWLA-AL-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/77 ft/30 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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