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Iowa, Louisiana

Town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Iowa

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 34 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good16.5 mi
  • Ozone20Good18 ppb22.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.5 ppb16.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Iowa

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Iowa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Charles 8.9 NELA-CC-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/13 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.9 mi from Iowa, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 12,000 ft; visibility 3.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 3.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWFFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAKE CHARLES - CHENNAULT INTLSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 12,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 3.5 MI0510TITLELake Charles - Chennault Intl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CWFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.6 F with a dew point of 69.3 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Lake Charles - Chennault Intl: temperature 69.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.3, 99 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWFFIG. B THE AIR AT LAKE CHARLES - CHENNAULT INTLTHE 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 69.2 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.6 F, 69.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLELake Charles - Chennault Intl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWFFIG. C THE WIND AT LAKE CHARLES - CHENNAULT INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELake Charles - Chennault Intl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Louisiana

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Iowa

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

Near Iowa