Freshwater Canal LocksNDBC-FRWL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Louisiana/Southwest Pass
Southwest Pass, Louisiana
Mountain pass in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, at 0 ftGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, north winds around 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 4 to 6 ft expected. For the Gale Warning, north winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 7 to 11 ft expected. * WHERE...Coastal waters from High Island TX to Lower Atchafalaya River out 60 NM. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Friday. For the Gale Warning, from 7 PM Friday to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * 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°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Calm 0 mph
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Southwest Pass until 1 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 72° after 88° today.
Now. Southwest Pass is 69° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 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 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 72°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:58 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 28 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
100%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8864
12%
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7254
18mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7549
12mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7952
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8455
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8655
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8856
overcast
69°
88°64°
72°54°
75°49°
79°52°
84°55°
86°55°
88°56°
As of 1:00 AM in Southwest Pass, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Southwest Pass
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 45 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 67, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 67YesterdayOct 15
- 46TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Southwest Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Southwest Pass, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 0 ft
- Parish
- Vermilion Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Latitude
- 29.5738° N
- Longitude
- 92.0454° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Southwest Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 15.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
AbbevilleIYA
At an airfield/27.9 mi away/16 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW8402FW8402
In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.1 mi away/25 ft/25 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Lafayette 13 SE53960
At a climate reference station/37.2 mi away/35 ft/35 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Leland Bowman LockVLKL1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.8 mi away/7 ft/7 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Erath 1.3 SELA-VM-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.8 mi away/3 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Leland Bowman Lock (VLKL1), 17.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Louisiana
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Southwest Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.