Temperature
67 F at 6 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field, Louisiana
Medium airport in Plaquemines 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.
69°
86°/67°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 69°·Calm 1 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field until 3 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 86° today.
Now. New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field is 69° and partly cloudy at 6 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 81°, and the coolest Sunday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 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 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
100%Humidity
43%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
69feels69
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8667
10%
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7258
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7155
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7457
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
7758
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7958
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8158
overcast
69°
86°67°
72°58°
71°55°
74°57°
77°58°
79°58°
81°58°
As of 6:00 AM in New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 17 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate8.5 mi
- Ozone30Good30 ppb20.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.5 ppb12.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb8.5 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 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NBG
- ICAO
- KNBG
- IATA
- NBG
- Field elevation
- 2 ft
- Serves
- New Orleans
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NBG
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 06:14
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 10,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 6,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from New Orleans NAS (NBG), New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 6 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 6 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 6 hours; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 1 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 6
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
New Orleans NAS: 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 New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field, 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/-20 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mississippi River 4 W New OrleansNORL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/20 ft/18 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gretna 3.0 SSELA-JF-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/0 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MerauxMERL1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/12 ft/10 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 New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- New Orleans Stationcommunity, 1 mi
- Woodmerecommunity, 3 mi
- Belle Chassecommunity, 3 mi
- Timberlanecommunity, 4 mi
- Harveycommunity, 5 mi
- Estellecommunity, 5 mi
- Terrytowncommunity, 5 mi
- Gretnacity, 6 mi
- Marrerocommunity, 6 mi
- Jean Lafittetown, 8 mi
- Westwegocity, 8 mi
- Baratariacommunity, 9 mi
Airports near New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field
- Lakefront AirportNEW, 15 mi
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportMSY, 18 mi
- South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr AirportGAO, 30 mi
- Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional AirportAPS, 37 mi
- Slidell AirportASD, 38 mi
- Houma Terrebonne AirportHUM, 42 mi
- Hammond Northshore Regional AirportHDC, 53 mi
- Louisiana Regional AirportREG, 59 mi