Lake Charles - Chennault IntlCWF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/13 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Chennault International Airport until 9 PM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Chennault International Airport is 77° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 70° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 88°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 10:08 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Chennault International Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 26 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 10,702 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 155° / 335° | 6 mph head, on 15 | 1 mph from the left |
The 4 instruments nearest Chennault International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Lake Charles - Chennault IntlCWF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/13 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lacassine RAWSLACL1
A remote fire weather station/20.8 mi away/3 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lake Charles 3.8 SELA-CC-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/14 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Saltwater BarrierLCHL1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/43 ft/26 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.