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McNary, Louisiana

Village in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at McNary

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 61 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 McNary

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest McNary, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Beaver FiretowerOKLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/138 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Ville Platte 11.1 NWLA-EV-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.2 mi away/109 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.0 mi from McNary, 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 Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, 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 ACPFIG. A THE SKY OVER OAKDALE/ALLEN PARISH ARPTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 83 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 Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 83 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 ACPFIG. B THE AIR AT OAKDALE/ALLEN PARISH ARPTTHE 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 63.1 FTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEOakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, 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 ACPFIG. C THE WIND AT OAKDALE/ALLEN PARISH ARPTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Oakdale/Allen Parish Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near McNary

River and lake gauges