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Chatham, Louisiana

Town in Jackson Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Chatham

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 27 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Chatham

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Chatham, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Chatham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RustonRSN

At an airfield/16.4 mi away/312 ft/129 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank593of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Jonesboro 12.0 ELA-JC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/193 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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West MonroeWMLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/20.6 mi away/73 ft/110 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank778of 933

Station report

The weather at Ruston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Chatham, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,500 ft, overcast at 4,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ruston, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 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, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 53.2 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Ruston: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.2, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 53.2 FSPREAD 16.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 north (350 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ruston, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, 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 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG 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

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Snow on the ground

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