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Junction City, Louisiana

Village in Union Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Junction City

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 52 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Junction City

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Junction City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Junction City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RustonRSN

At an airfield/35.1 mi away/312 ft/108 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank593of 933

Monroe 26 N53961

At a climate reference station/36.6 mi away/88 ft/116 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank598of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Bernice 8.7 WNWLA-CB-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/236 ft/32 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Homer 3SSWHMRL1

At a cooperative observer's station/26.9 mi away/348 ft/144 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank688of 933

Station report

The weather at Ruston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 35.1 mi from Junction City, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM 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 Ruston, 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 RSNFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUSTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERuston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RSNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.6 F with a dew point of 62.8 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ruston: temperature 69.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.8, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSNFIG. B THE AIR AT RUSTONTHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.2 FTEMPERATURE 69.6 FDEW POINT 62.8 FSPREAD 6.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLERuston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Ruston, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, 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 RSNFIG. C THE WIND AT RUSTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERuston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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