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Hester, Louisiana

Community in St. James Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Hester

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Thibodaux (LA), 18 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate18.4 mi
  • Ozone10Good8 ppb3.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.5 ppb18.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hester

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Hester, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hester, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ReserveAPS

At an airfield/11.6 mi away/14 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank117of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Gramercy 0.4 NWLA-SJ-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/1 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GonzalesGZLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/16 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank521of 933

Station report

The weather at Reserve, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Hester, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 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 Reserve, 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 APSFIG. A THE SKY OVER RESERVESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEReserve, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS APSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-APS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.3 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Reserve: temperature 70.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APSFIG. B THE AIR AT RESERVETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.3 F, 69.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEReserve, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS APSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-APS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Reserve, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT APSFIG. C THE WIND AT RESERVEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEReserve, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS APSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-APS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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