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Jena, Louisiana

Town in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Jena

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 57 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

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

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 Jena

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Jena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Jena 1.1 NLA-LS-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/201 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Jena 4WswJEAL1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/190 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Alexandria - Esler, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.4 mi from Jena, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Alexandria - Esler, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESFFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALEXANDRIA - ESLERSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlexandria - Esler, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ESFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Alexandria - Esler: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESFFIG. B THE AIR AT ALEXANDRIA - ESLERTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEAlexandria - Esler, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 83 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.83 inHg and the temperature at 58.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.15 inHg means its barometer reads 30.06 inHg; it reports 73.0 F, 14.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Alexandria - Esler stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 83 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.83 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.15 and the station pressure it means, 30.06.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ESFFIG. D WHERE ALEXANDRIA - ESLER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREALEXANDRIA - ESLER0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT83 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.83 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.15 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.06 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED73.0 FTITLEAlexandria - Esler, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS ESFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ESF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Alexandria - Esler, in 5 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.

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Near Jena

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