Citizen station GW6348GW6348
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/3 ft/4 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fort Pike State Historic Site, Louisiana
State Historic Site in Orleans Parish, Louisiana* WHAT...Northeast winds 30 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 8 to 14 ft expected. * WHERE...All coastal waters. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to midnight CDT Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
70°
88°/66°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 70°·Calm 0 mph ESE
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Fort Pike State Historic Site until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 88° today.
Now. Fort Pike State Historic Site is 70° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° 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 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 72°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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
92%Humidity
35%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
70feels70
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8866
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7254
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7351
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7652
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7954
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8254
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8355
overcast
70°
88°66°
72°54°
73°51°
76°52°
79°54°
82°54°
83°55°
As of 12:00 AM in Fort Pike State Historic Site, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Fort Pike State Historic Site
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 13 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good21.1 mi
- Ozone32Good6 ppb22.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb21.1 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 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Pike State Historic Site
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Fort Pike State Historic Site, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Historic Site
- Area
- 730,000 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 7 ft
- Parish
- Orleans Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 30.1676° N
- Longitude
- 89.7373° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Fort Pike State Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Fritchie PortableSFPL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/20 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SlidellASD
At an airfield/13.2 mi away/26 ft/19 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
SlidellSISL1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/13 ft/6 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Slidell 2.4 ELA-ST-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/12 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Fort Pike State Historic Site
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eden Islecommunity, 5 mi
- Slidellcity, 8 mi
- Pearl Rivertown, 14 mi
- Lacombecommunity, 15 mi
- Merauxcommunity, 19 mi
- Chalmettecommunity, 20 mi
- Violetcommunity, 20 mi
- Arabicommunity, 21 mi
- Lake Pontchartrainfeature, 22 mi
- Poydrascommunity, 22 mi
- New Orleanscity, 25 mi
- Terrytowncommunity, 25 mi