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Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

City in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Breaux Bridge

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 9 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good9.3 mi
  • Ozone23Good36 ppb9.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Breaux Bridge

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Breaux Bridge, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Breaux Bridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LafayetteLFT

At an airfield/7.5 mi away/48 ft/27 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 933

measured daily2 instruments

CarencroCRCL1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/49 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lafayette, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 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 Lafayette, 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 LFTFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAFAYETTESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELafayette, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LFTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LFT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

82.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lafayette: temperature 82.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFTFIG. B THE AIR AT LAFAYETTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.7 FTEMPERATURE 82.0 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLELafayette, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LFTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LFT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 48 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.87 inHg and the temperature at 58.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.12 inHg means its barometer reads 30.07 inHg; it reports 82.0 F, 23.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Lafayette stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 48 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.87 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.12 and the station pressure it means, 30.07.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFTFIG. D WHERE LAFAYETTE 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 ATMOSPHERELAFAYETTE0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT48 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 HERE29.87 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.12 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.07 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED82.0 FTITLELafayette, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS LFTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LFT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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