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Lake Charles Regional Airport, Louisiana

Medium airport in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Lake Charles Regional Airport

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 23 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good9.9 mi
  • Ozone20Good18 ppb9.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.5 ppb9.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Charles Regional Airport

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Charles Regional Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
LCH
ICAO
KLCH
IATA
LCH
Field elevation
15 ft
Serves
Lake Charles
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
LCH
Wind now
From 140° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 235,200 ft100 ftAsphalt52° / 232°0 mph head, on 056 mph from the right
15 / 336,500 ft150 ftConcrete155° / 335°6 mph head, on 152 mph from the left
052315332,500 ftN140° 6 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Lake Charles (LCH), Lake Charles Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

72 F at 1 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.

Now
72F
1 AM
Highest
87F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
69F
3 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Lake Charles, temperature from 69.0 to 87.0, the latest 72.0; dew point from 69.0 to 73.0, the latest 71.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF6570758085903 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 71 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 57% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
71F
1 AM
Humidity now
97%
Humidity, range
57 to 100%
Relative humidity at Lake Charles, relative humidity from 57 to 100, the latest 97, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

3 mph from the southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
3mph
from the southeast
Strongest
12mph
5 PM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Lake Charles, wind from 2 to 12, the latest 3, in miles an hour.WINDmph0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Lake Charles, wind direction from 90 to 190, the latest 140, 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

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

Now
30.06inHg
1 AM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.04inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Lake Charles, pressure, altimeter from 29.99 to 30.08, the latest 30.06, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9830.0030.0230.0530.0730.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 3 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
3mi
4 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Lake Charles, visibility from 2.5 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, 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 2,300 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
2,300ft
10 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
10
Lowest cloud base at Lake Charles, lowest cloud base from 2,300 to 10,000, the latest 10,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,0004,0006,0008,00010,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 4 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Wettest hour
0.03in
4 PM Thursday
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at Lake Charles, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.03, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Lake Charles: 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 Lake Charles Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Lake CharlesLCH

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/16 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Sabine Nwr RAWSHAKL1

A remote fire weather station/19.7 mi away/16 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Charles 4.8 SSELA-CC-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/21 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Port Of Lake CharlesLKCL1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/36 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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