West Bank 1, Bayou GaucheNDBC-BYGL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Shell Beach, Louisiana
Beach in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 8 to 14 ft possible. * WHERE...Portions of Gulf of America. * WHEN...From Friday evening through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
75°
86°/69°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Light air 4 mph ESE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Shell Beach until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Shell Beach is 75° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 4 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 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:58 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
86%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8669
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8669
10%
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7257
22mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7256
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7558
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7859
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8159
overcast
75°
86°69°
86°69°
72°57°
72°56°
75°58°
78°59°
81°59°
As of 9:00 PM in Shell Beach, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Shell Beach
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Thibodaux (LA), 31 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good24.9 mi
- Ozone28Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.7 ppb24.9 mi
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 14
- 53TodayOct 15
- 51FriOct 16
- 37SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shell Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Shell Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 29.6627° N
- Longitude
- 90.2676° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Shell Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
GallianoGAO
At an airfield/15.1 mi away/-1 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW2028DW2028
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.0 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Larose 0.8 WNWLA-LF-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.3 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MerauxMERL1
At a cooperative observer's station/27.4 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Shell Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Larosecommunity, 9 mi
- Baratariacommunity, 9 mi
- Lafittecommunity, 10 mi
- Jean Lafittetown, 10 mi
- Cut Offcommunity, 11 mi
- Bayou Gauchecommunity, 14 mi
- Gallianocommunity, 15 mi
- Estellecommunity, 16 mi
- Des Allemandscommunity, 16 mi
- Lockporttown, 16 mi
- Lockport Heightscommunity, 17 mi
- Avondalecommunity, 17 mi
Beaches near Shell Beach
- Grand Isle Beach34 mi
- Olimpic Beach48 mi
- North Beach59 mi
- Hell Pass Coast60 mi
- White Sands Lake Beach73 mi
- Cypremort Point Beach95 mi
- Miramar Beach111 mi
- Lakeview Park & Beach143 mi