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Darrow, Louisiana

Community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Darrow

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Baton Rouge Area (LA), 24 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good17.2 mi
  • Ozone27Good3 ppb7.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide13Good14.6 ppb7.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 90, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Darrow

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Darrow, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

GonzaleREG

At an airfield/4.6 mi away/26 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank145of 933

measured daily2 instruments

FSA-Donaldsonville 3.7 ELA-SJ-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/15 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DonaldsonvilleDVLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/30 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank18of 933

Station report

The weather at Gonzale, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Darrow, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 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 Gonzale, 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 REGFIG. A THE SKY OVER GONZALESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGonzale, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS REGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-REG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

67.6 F with a dew point of 65.7 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gonzale: temperature 67.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.7, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT REGFIG. B THE AIR AT GONZALETHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.2 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.6 F, 65.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEGonzale, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS REGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-REG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Gonzale, 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 REGFIG. C THE WIND AT GONZALEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGonzale, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS REGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-REG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Gonzale, 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Darrow

River and lake gauges