Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport until 3 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 88° today.
Now. Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport is 70° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 27 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Thibodaux (LA), 25 miles off.
Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,151 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Reserve (APS), Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 10 PM Thursday; 90 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 63 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 4 PM Thursday to 98% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the east northeast at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 11 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM Thursday, under a mile for 6 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Reserve: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional 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
ReserveAPS
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/14 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TICKFAW RIVER AT Tickfaw River at SpringfieldTSPL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.0 mi away/16 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gramercy 0.4 NWLA-SJ-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/1 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GonzalesGZLL1
At a cooperative observer's station/21.8 mi away/16 ft/9 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.