Temperature
72 F at 1 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Louisiana
Large airport in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 mph with frequent gusts 30 to 35 mph. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. * WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 3 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
73°
87°/71°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Calm 0 mph E
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport until 3 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 87° today.
Now. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is 73° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° 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 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 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
45Air quality
97%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
73feels73
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8771
13%
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7258
21mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7257
15mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7459
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7861
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8162
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8362
overcast
73°
87°71°
72°58°
72°57°
74°59°
78°61°
81°62°
83°62°
As of 2:00 AM in Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 20 miles off.
45Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good3.6 mi
- Ozone24Good25 ppb3.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.2 ppb3.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb17.3 mi
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 39SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International 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 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MSY
- ICAO
- KMSY
- IATA
- MSY
- Field elevation
- 4 ft
- Serves
- New Orleans
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MSY
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 7,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 15° / 195° | Calm | Calm |
| 11 / 29 | 10,104 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 106° / 286° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from New Orleans - Louis Armstrong (MSY), Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 71 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 4 PM Thursday to 97% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 71F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
New Orleans - Louis ArmstrongMSY
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/0 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mississippi River 4 W New OrleansNORL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.7 mi away/20 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Metairie 3.5 WSWLA-JF-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/0 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MerauxMERL1
At a cooperative observer's station/20.5 mi away/12 ft/8 ft above 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.
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Near Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- Lakefront AirportNEW, 15 mi
- New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender FieldNBG, 18 mi
- Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional AirportAPS, 20 mi
- Slidell AirportASD, 36 mi
- Hammond Northshore Regional AirportHDC, 38 mi
- Houma Terrebonne AirportHUM, 38 mi
- South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr AirportGAO, 38 mi
- Louisiana Regional AirportREG, 42 mi