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DeRidder, Louisiana

City in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at DeRidder

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 46 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

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 DeRidder

None in the last 24 hours; 0.61 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.61in

Visibility

How far you can see at DeRidder, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest DeRidder, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

FSA-De Ridder 0.9 ELA-BG-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/187 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Dry CreekBDKL1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/148 ft/47 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at De Ridder/Beauregard Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.1 mi from DeRidder, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over De Ridder/Beauregard Regional, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DRIFIG. A THE SKY OVER DE RIDDER/BEAUREGARD REGIONALSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 12,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEDe Ridder/Beauregard Regional, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DRITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

70.7 F with a dew point of 70.7 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at De Ridder/Beauregard Regional: temperature 70.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.7, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DRIFIG. B THE AIR AT DE RIDDER/BEAUREGARD REGIONALTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.7 F, 70.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEDe Ridder/Beauregard Regional, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DRITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRI-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 De Ridder/Beauregard Regional, 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 DRIFIG. C THE WIND AT DE RIDDER/BEAUREGARD REGIONALPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEDe Ridder/Beauregard Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DRITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DRI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of De Ridder/Beauregard Regional, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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