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In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
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Golf courses/Louisiana/The Island Golf Course
Fire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for The Island Golf Course until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 89° today.
Now. The Island Golf Course is 69° and partly cloudy at 8 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 6 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 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:53 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 AM in The Island Golf Course, Louisiana.
Air quality
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Baton Rouge Area (LA), 14 miles off.
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 64, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 3 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest The Island Golf Course, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
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Citizen station FW7886FW7886
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
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Precip at Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel300921091195300
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
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At an airfield/18.6 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
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Lafayette 13 SE53960
At a climate reference station/39.2 mi away/35 ft/- ft from here
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measured daily2 instruments
Plaquemine 0.6 NNELA-IV-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
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PlaqueminePQML1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.