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Fifth Ward, Louisiana

Community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Fifth Ward

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 63 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 67, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fifth Ward

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. 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 Fifth Ward, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fifth Ward, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MarksvilleMKV

At an airfield/5.6 mi away/75 ft/20 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank788of 933

measured daily2 instruments

FSA-Marksville 1.0 WLA-AV-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/82 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MarksvilleMKVL1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/56 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Marksville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Fifth Ward, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM 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 Marksville, 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 MKVFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARKSVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMarksville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 66.4 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Marksville: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.4, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKVFIG. B THE AIR AT MARKSVILLETHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.6 FTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 66.4 FSPREAD 3.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEMarksville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKV-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 Marksville, 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 MKVFIG. C THE WIND AT MARKSVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMarksville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Marksville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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