Temperature
65 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hammond Northshore Regional Airport, Louisiana
Small airport in Tangipahoa Parish, LouisianaFire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... .A cold front will move through the area later today bringing very dry air with RH values falling into the low to mid 30s along with windy conditions with some gusts around 30 mph. The combination of gusty winds, current drought conditions, ample dry fuel, and very dry conditions will allow any fire that develops to spread quickly. * AFFECTED AREA...Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Washington, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Assumption, St. James, Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, Northern Tangipahoa, Walthall, Southeast St. Tammany, Northern St. Tammany, Southwestern St. Tammany, Central Tangipahoa, Lower Tangipahoa, Northern Livingston, Southern Livingston, Western Ascension and Eastern Ascension. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
66°
89°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Calm 0 mph NNE
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Hammond Northshore Regional Airport until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 89° today.
Now. Hammond Northshore Regional Airport is 66° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° 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 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 72°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
100%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8964
13%
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7253
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7450
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7851
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8354
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8553
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8654
overcast
66°
89°64°
72°53°
74°50°
78°51°
83°54°
85°53°
86°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Hammond Northshore Regional Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Hammond Northshore Regional Airport
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Baton Rouge Area (LA), 42 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Ozone23Good9 ppb14.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 53YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hammond Northshore Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Hammond Northshore Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HDC
- ICAO
- KHDC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 47 ft
- Serves
- Hammond
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HDC
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 6,502 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 136° / 316° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 5,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hammond Muni Airport (HDC), Hammond Northshore Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 5
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 13
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
Hammond Muni Airport: 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 Hammond Northshore 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/43 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TICKFAW RIVER AT Tickfaw River at SpringfieldTSPL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.8 mi away/16 ft/31 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hammond 3.7 ELA-TG-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/40 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PontchatoulaPONL1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/36 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AlexandriacityAtchafalaya RiverfeatureBaton RougecityBossier CitycityGrand IsletownHammondcityHoumacityKennercityKisatchie National ForestfeatureLafayettecityLake CharlescityLake PontchartrainfeatureMonroecityMorgan CitycityNatchitochescityNew IberiacityNew OrleanscityRustoncityShreveportcitySlidellcityThibodauxcity
Near Hammond Northshore Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hammondcity, 3 mi
- Natalbanycommunity, 5 mi
- Ponchatoulacity, 6 mi
- Tickfawvillage, 6 mi
- Independencetown, 9 mi
- Albanytown, 10 mi
- Springfieldtown, 10 mi
- Killiantown, 14 mi
- Amite Citytown, 15 mi
- Folsomvillage, 16 mi
- Madisonvilletown, 17 mi
- Roselandtown, 18 mi
Airports near Hammond Northshore Regional Airport
- Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional AirportAPS, 32 mi
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportMSY, 38 mi
- Slidell AirportASD, 38 mi
- George R Carr Memorial Air FieldBXA, 39 mi
- Louisiana Regional AirportREG, 39 mi
- Lakefront AirportNEW, 40 mi
- Baton Rouge Metropolitan AirportBTR, 44 mi
- New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender FieldNBG, 53 mi