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Hessmer, Louisiana

Village in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Hessmer

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 57 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hessmer

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hessmer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MarksvilleMKV

At an airfield/4.2 mi away/75 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank788of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Hessmer 2.5 WSWLA-AV-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/76 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BunkieBNKL1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/72 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Marksville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Hessmer, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Marksville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 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, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

77.5 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Marksville: temperature 77.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,400 feet; 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 F90 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 77.5 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 9.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Marksville, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, 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 STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG 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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