Precip south of I10 at Grosse Tete302453091255600
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
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Fire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Grosse Tete until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 73° after 88° today.
Now. Grosse Tete is 67° and mostly clear at 8 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 73°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:53 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 AM in Grosse Tete, Louisiana.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Baton Rouge Area (LA), 19 miles off.
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 64, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Grosse Tete, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Grosse Tete, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Precip south of I10 at Grosse Tete302453091255600
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
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Citizen station GW7632GW7632
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.6 mi away/17 ft/2 ft above here
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At an airfield/19.2 mi away/69 ft/54 ft above here
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Lafayette 13 SE53960
At a climate reference station/34.2 mi away/35 ft/20 ft above here
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measured daily2 instruments
Livonia 3.5 ESELA-PC-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/7 ft/8 ft below here
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PlaqueminePQML1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/20 ft/5 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 19.2 mi from Grosse Tete, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 8 mi.
67.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.
Calm.
The full report of Baton Rouge/Ryan, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.