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Buras, Louisiana

Community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Buras

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 55 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
  • Ozone29Good-

The days ahead

Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, 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 Buras

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Buras, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Buras, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 19.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

PilottownNDBC-PILL1

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank888of 933

measured daily1 instrument

Belle Chasse 7.9 SLA-PL-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/39.4 mi away/4 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Main Pass 69P, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 40.0 mi from Buras, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:40 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Main Pass 69P, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZMFIG. A THE SKY OVER MAIN PASS 69PSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMain Pass 69P, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MZMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

80.6 F with a dew point of 75.2 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Main Pass 69P: temperature 80.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.2, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZMFIG. B THE AIR AT MAIN PASS 69PTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 73.8 FTEMPERATURE 80.6 FDEW POINT 75.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEMain Pass 69P, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Main Pass 69P, 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 MZMFIG. C THE WIND AT MAIN PASS 69PPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMain Pass 69P, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Main Pass 69P, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Louisiana

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Near Buras

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