Shell BeachNDBC-SHBL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Louisiana/Elephant Point Pass
Elephant Point Pass, Louisiana
Mountain pass in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, at 0 ft* 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.
69°
88°/67°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 69°·Light air 3 mph N
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Elephant Point Pass until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 88° today.
Now. Elephant Point Pass is 69° and mostly clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:45 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
52Air quality
97%Humidity
25%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
69feels69
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8867
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7355
19mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7353
13mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7654
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7955
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8155
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8255
overcast
69°
88°67°
73°55°
73°53°
76°54°
79°55°
81°55°
82°55°
As of 7:00 AM in Elephant Point Pass, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Elephant Point Pass
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Mississippi Gulf Coast (MS), 27 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate23.9 mi
- Ozone23Good11 ppb23.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elephant Point Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 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 Elephant Point Pass, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 0 ft
- Parish
- St. Bernard Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 29.9891° N
- Longitude
- 89.2178° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Elephant Point Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 28.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Citizen station GW6348GW6348
In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.7 mi away/3 ft/3 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Slidell 4.4 ELA-ST-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.1 mi away/12 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SlidellSISL1
At a cooperative observer's station/38.1 mi away/13 ft/13 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 Elephant Point Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Delacroixcommunity, 38 mi
- Eden Islecommunity, 38 mi
- Slidellcity, 39 mi
- Poydrascommunity, 41 mi
- Violetcommunity, 41 mi
- Pearl Rivertown, 41 mi
- Merauxcommunity, 42 mi
- Pointe a la Hachecommunity, 44 mi
- Chalmettecommunity, 45 mi
- Port Sulphurcommunity, 45 mi
- Empirecommunity, 46 mi
- Arabicommunity, 47 mi