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Bernice, Louisiana

Town in Union Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Bernice

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 42 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bernice

None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bernice, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bernice, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RustonRSN

At an airfield/21.7 mi away/312 ft/88 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank593of 933

Monroe 26 N53961

At a climate reference station/32.2 mi away/88 ft/136 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank598of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Bernice 8.7 WNWLA-CB-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/236 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ArcadiaARCL1

At a cooperative observer's station/24.0 mi away/397 ft/173 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank15of 933

Station report

The weather at Ruston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.7 mi from Bernice, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Ruston, 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 RSNFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUSTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERuston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RSNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.2 F with a dew point of 66.4 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ruston: temperature 71.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.4, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSNFIG. B THE AIR AT RUSTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.2 FTEMPERATURE 71.2 FDEW POINT 66.4 FSPREAD 4.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLERuston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ruston, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSNFIG. C THE WIND AT RUSTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERuston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Ruston, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Arcadia (ARCL1), 24.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Louisiana

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bernice

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bernice

River and lake gauges