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Blanchard, Louisiana

Town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Blanchard

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 9 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate9.3 mi
  • Ozone25Good16 ppb6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Blanchard

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Blanchard, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Blanchard, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Shreveport 9.6 NWLA-CD-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/246 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW5467, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.1 mi from Blanchard, Louisiana. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW5467, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW5467FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW5467PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW5467, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW5467TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW5467-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 244 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.66 inHg and the temperature at 58.1 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.08 inHg means its barometer reads 29.82 inHg; it reports 70.0 F, 11.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW5467 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 244 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.66 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.1 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.08 and the station pressure it means, 29.82.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW5467FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW5467 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW54671 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT244 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 HERE29.66 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.1 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.08 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.82 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED70.0 FTITLECitizen station DW5467, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW5467TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW5467-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 48 degrees above the horizon at 32.61 N, and the day is 11 h 13 min long. Level ground there takes 75 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW5467, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 48 degrees above the horizon, against 81 at the June solstice, 57 at the equinoxes and 34 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 13 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW5467FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW5467ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 81°EQUINOXES 57°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 34°OCT 16, 48°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 13 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 75 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 32.61 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW5467, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW5467TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW5467-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW5467, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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