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Athens, Louisiana

Village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Athens

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 43 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Athens

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 5 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 Athens, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

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On the radar over Athens, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Athens, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MindenMNE

At an airfield/16.0 mi away/278 ft/50 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank138of 934

measured daily2 instruments

Homer 3.3 SLA-CB-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/287 ft/41 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Homer 3SSWHMRL1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/348 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank525of 934

Station report

The weather at Minden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Athens, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Minden, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINDENSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMinden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MNETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MNE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Minden: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNEFIG. B THE AIR AT MINDENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.9 FTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEMinden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MNE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 278 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.62 inHg and the temperature at 58.0 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.46 inHg means its barometer reads 30.16 inHg; it reports 48.2 F, 9.8 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Minden stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 278 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.62 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.46 and the station pressure it means, 30.16.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MNEFIG. D WHERE MINDEN STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREMINDEN1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT278 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.62 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.0 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.46 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.16 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.2 FTITLEMinden, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS MNETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MNE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Minden, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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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 Athens

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