Temperature
71 F at 10 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 64 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 64F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
St Landry Parish Ahart Field, Louisiana
Small airport in St. Landry Parish, LouisianaFire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FRIDAY... .Breezy and dry conditions due to a frontal passage will combine with very dry fuels and produce red flag conditions across portions of central and southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas through Friday afternoon. A Fire Weather Watch is in place for all of southeast Texas and southwest and central Louisiana on Saturday. The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Fire Weather Watch for winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. The Fire Weather Watch has been cancelled. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 031 Allen, Fire Weather Zone 032 Evangeline, Fire Weather Zone 033 St. Landry, Fire Weather Zone 044 Lafayette, Fire Weather Zone 045 Upper St. Martin, Fire Weather Zone 141 Northern Calcasieu, Fire Weather Zone 142 Northern Jefferson Davis, Fire Weather Zone 143 Northern Acadia, Fire Weather Zone 201 Hardin, Fire Weather Zone 261 Southern Jasper and Fire Weather Zone 262 Southern Newton. * TIMING...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 31 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Up to 86. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
70°
90°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Calm 0 mph SE
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for St Landry Parish Ahart Field until 9 PM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. St Landry Parish Ahart Field is 70° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 85°, and the coolest Saturday, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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
35Air quality
92%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9063
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8565
11%
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7051
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7347
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7849
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8352
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8553
overcast
70°
90°63°
85°65°
70°51°
73°47°
78°49°
83°52°
85°53°
As of 11:00 PM in St Landry Parish Ahart Field, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at St Landry Parish Ahart Field
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 23 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good23.3 mi
- Ozone35Good38 ppb23.3 mi
The days ahead
Highest 54, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 67, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 67YesterdayOct 14
- 54TodayOct 15
- 46FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at St Landry Parish Ahart Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 St Landry Parish Ahart Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OPL
- ICAO
- KOPL
- IATA
- OPL
- Field elevation
- 75 ft
- Serves
- Opelousas
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OPL
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 unlit | 4,051 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 60° / 240° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 5,999 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Opelousas (OPL), St Landry Parish Ahart Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 4 PM to 98% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 5 mph, 4 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 6 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 4 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 100 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
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
Opelousas: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest St Landry Parish Ahart 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 now3 instruments
OpelousasOPL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/77 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cade Farm - University Of Louisiana At LCADL1
On a college campus/35.0 mi away/36 ft/39 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lafayette 13 SE53960
At a climate reference station/35.1 mi away/35 ft/40 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Opelousas 4.3 NLA-SL-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/72 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ville PlatteVIPL1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/77 ft/2 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 St Landry Parish Ahart Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Opelousascity, 2 mi
- Washingtontown, 5 mi
- Lawtellcommunity, 5 mi
- Port Barretown, 9 mi
- Leonvilletown, 9 mi
- Grand Coteautown, 10 mi
- Sunsettown, 10 mi
- Church Pointtown, 13 mi
- Chataigniervillage, 13 mi
- Ville Plattecity, 14 mi
- Lebeaucommunity, 14 mi
- Arnaudvilletown, 15 mi
Airports near St Landry Parish Ahart Field
- Lafayette Regional AirportLFT, 25 mi
- Marksville Municipal AirportMKV, 37 mi
- Allen Parish AirportACP, 37 mi
- Acadiana Regional AirportARA, 38 mi
- False River Regional AirportHZR, 39 mi
- Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial AirportIYA, 40 mi
- Jennings Airport3R7, 41 mi
- Baton Rouge Metropolitan AirportBTR, 57 mi