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Marion, Louisiana

Town in Union Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Marion

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 29 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone11Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Marion

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Marion, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Marion, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Monroe 26 N53961

At a climate reference station/8.0 mi away/88 ft/81 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank598of 933

BastropBQP

At an airfield/23.4 mi away/167 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank469of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Marion 5.7 ENELA-UN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/87 ft/82 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

West MonroeWMLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/31.0 mi away/73 ft/96 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank778of 933

Station report

The weather at Bastrop, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.4 mi from Marion, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft.

Section of the sky over Bastrop, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BQPFIG. A THE SKY OVER BASTROPSECTION, 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 FTTITLEBastrop, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BQPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BQP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 60.4 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bastrop: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.4, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BQPFIG. B THE AIR AT BASTROPTHE 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.0 FTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 60.4 FSPREAD 5.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEBastrop, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BQPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BQP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Bastrop, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BQPFIG. C THE WIND AT BASTROPPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBastrop, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BQPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BQP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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