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Lockport Heights, Louisiana

Community in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Lockport Heights

Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Thibodaux (LA), 15 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good15.1 mi
  • Ozone22Good27 ppb15.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lockport Heights

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Lockport Heights, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lockport Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

ThibodauxTHIL1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/4 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank342of 934

Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW2028, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 21.1 mi from Lockport Heights, Louisiana. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the north northeast (24 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW2028, north up: blowing from 24 degrees, the north northeast, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW2028FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW2028PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 24°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW2028, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW2028TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DW2028-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.92 inHg and the temperature at 59.0 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.12 inHg means its barometer reads 30.12 inHg; it reports 66.0 F, 7.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW2028 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.92 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.12 and the station pressure it means, 30.12.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW2028FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW2028 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW20280 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3 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 HERE29.92 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.0 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.12 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.12 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED66.0 FTITLECitizen station DW2028, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW2028TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DW2028-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 17 the noon sun stands 51 degrees above the horizon at 29.90 N, and the day is 11 h 16 min long. Level ground there takes 77 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW2028, angles true: on Oct 17 it stands 51 degrees above the horizon, against 84 at the June solstice, 60 at the equinoxes and 37 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 16 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW2028FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW2028ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 84°EQUINOXES 60°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 37°OCT 17, 51°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 16 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 77 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 29.90 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.5°TITLECitizen station DW2028, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW2028TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DW2028-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW2028, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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