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Gilbert, Louisiana

Village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Gilbert

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 39 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gilbert

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Gilbert, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Vidalia0R4

At an airfield/34.7 mi away/48 ft/28 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank468of 934

measured daily2 instruments

Gilbert 4.0 ELA-FP-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/67 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Vidalia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 34.7 mi from Gilbert, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:55 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 Vidalia, 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 0R4FIG. A THE SKY OVER VIDALIASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEVidalia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0R4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-0R4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.8 F with a dew point of 38.3 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Vidalia: temperature 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.3, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0R4FIG. B THE AIR AT VIDALIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.5 FTEMPERATURE 55.8 FDEW POINT 38.3 FSPREAD 17.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 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 POINTTITLEVidalia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0R4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-0R4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Vidalia, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0R4FIG. C THE WIND AT VIDALIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVidalia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0R4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-0R4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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