Temperature
77 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 77F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lakefront Airport, Louisiana
Medium airport in Orleans 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.
77°
86°/73°
Clear·
Feels like 77°·Light breeze 4 mph ESE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Lakefront Airport 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. Lakefront Airport is 77° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 73°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° 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 81°, and the coolest Sunday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 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
44Air quality
88%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
77feels77
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8673
14%
29mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7260
29mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7159
19mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7360
19mph
Tue
Oct 20
7763
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
7963
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
8164
overcast
77°
86°73°
72°60°
71°59°
73°60°
77°63°
79°63°
81°64°
As of 1:00 AM in Lakefront Airport, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Lakefront Airport
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 6 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good6.1 mi
- Ozone32Good33 ppb14.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.8 ppb6.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb7.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 74YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 39SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lakefront Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Lakefront Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NEW
- ICAO
- KNEW
- IATA
- NEW
- Field elevation
- 8 ft
- Serves
- New Orleans
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NEW
- Wind now
- From 80° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 3,114 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 5 mph head, on 09 | 1 mph from the left |
| 18L / 36R | 3,697 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | 1 mph head, on 36R | 5 mph from the right |
| 18R / 36L | 6,879 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | 1 mph head, on 36L | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from New Orleans/Lakefro (NEW), Lakefront Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 73 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 2 PM Thursday to 94% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 73F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the east at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 12 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 6 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 6 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 1,600 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,600ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 4 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
New Orleans/Lakefro: 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 Lakefront 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/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mississippi River 4 W New OrleansNORL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/20 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
New Orleans 4.2 NLA-OR-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/0 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MerauxMERL1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/12 ft/4 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.
AlexandriacityAtchafalaya RiverfeatureBaton RougecityBossier CitycityGrand IsletownHammondcityHoumacityKennercityKisatchie National ForestfeatureLafayettecityLake CharlescityLake PontchartrainfeatureMonroecityMorgan CitycityNatchitochescityNew IberiacityNew OrleanscityRustoncityShreveportcitySlidellcityThibodauxcity
Near Lakefront Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Arabicommunity, 6 mi
- New Orleanscity, 7 mi
- Chalmettecommunity, 8 mi
- Gretnacity, 9 mi
- Metairiecommunity, 9 mi
- Jeffersoncommunity, 10 mi
- Terrytowncommunity, 10 mi
- Merauxcommunity, 10 mi
- Harveycommunity, 11 mi
- Timberlanecommunity, 11 mi
- Bridge Citycommunity, 12 mi
- Elmwoodcommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Lakefront Airport
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportMSY, 15 mi
- New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender FieldNBG, 15 mi
- Slidell AirportASD, 24 mi
- Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional AirportAPS, 33 mi
- Hammond Northshore Regional AirportHDC, 40 mi
- South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr AirportGAO, 44 mi
- Houma Terrebonne AirportHUM, 50 mi
- George R Carr Memorial Air FieldBXA, 54 mi