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Fort Polk South, Louisiana

Community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Fort Polk South

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 61 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Polk South

None in the last 24 hours; 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Polk South, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Fort Polk South, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Fort Polk South, 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 now2 instruments

Vernon - FtsLEVL1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.3 mi away/325 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank307of 933

measured daily2 instruments

LeesvilleLEEL1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/240 ft/92 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank23of 933

Station report

The weather at Fort Polk (Army), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.0 mi from Fort Polk South, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Polk (Army), height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POEFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT POLK (ARMY)SECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONFEW 3,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Polk (Army), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS POETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Polk (Army): temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POEFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT POLK (ARMY)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 69.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEFort Polk (Army), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS POETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POE-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 Fort Polk (Army), 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 POEFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT POLK (ARMY)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEFort Polk (Army), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS POETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Polk (Army), 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 Fort Polk South

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Fort Polk South

River and lake gauges