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Lacassine, Louisiana

Community in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Lacassine

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 39 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good21.9 mi
  • Ozone28Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.6 ppb21.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lacassine

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lacassine, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lacassine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Charles 8.9 NELA-CC-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.2 mi away/13 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

JenningsJNNL1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/20 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank63of 933

Station report

The weather at Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.3 mi from Lacassine, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 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 Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, 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 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 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 MORE0510TITLELake 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

The air

72.3 F with a dew point of 70.5 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lake Charles - Chennault Intl: temperature 72.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.5, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 70.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 72.3 F, 70.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 (100 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lake Charles - Chennault Intl, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, 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 100°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.

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

Near Lacassine

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