Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Houma Terrebonne Airport until 3 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 87° today.
Now. Houma Terrebonne Airport is 69° and mostly clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north-northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° 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 windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:53 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 3:00 AM in Houma Terrebonne Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Thibodaux (LA), 15 miles off.
Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.
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 Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 4,999 ft | 185 ft | Concrete | 126° / 306° | - | - |
| 18 / 36 | 6,509 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Houma-Terrebonne (HUM), Houma Terrebonne Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
77 F at 6 PM Thursday; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the east southeast at 6 PM Thursday; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.03 inHg at 6 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 mile at 5 AM Thursday; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 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
Houma-Terrebonne: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Houma Terrebonne 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/10 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Gulf of America 17 SW Caillou Bay SW of CocodrieCCOL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/36.0 mi away/0 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Houma 4.1 NNELA-TR-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/14 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dulac 3NDLCL1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/9 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
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.