At an airfield/4.5 mi away/43 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Natalbany, Louisiana
Community in Tangipahoa Parish, LouisianaFire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... .A cold front will move through the area later today bringing very dry air with RH values falling into the low to mid 30s along with windy conditions with some gusts around 30 mph. The combination of gusty winds, current drought conditions, ample dry fuel, and very dry conditions will allow any fire that develops to spread quickly. * AFFECTED AREA...Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Washington, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Assumption, St. James, Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, Northern Tangipahoa, Walthall, Southeast St. Tammany, Northern St. Tammany, Southwestern St. Tammany, Central Tangipahoa, Lower Tangipahoa, Northern Livingston, Southern Livingston, Western Ascension and Eastern Ascension. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
66°
89°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Calm 0 mph NNE
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Natalbany until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 89° today.
Now. Natalbany is 66° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 72°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
100%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8964
13%
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7253
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7450
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7851
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8354
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8553
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8654
overcast
66°
89°64°
72°53°
74°50°
78°51°
83°54°
85°53°
86°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Natalbany, Louisiana.
Air quality
The air at Natalbany
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Baton Rouge Area (LA), 39 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Ozone23Good9 ppb19.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 53YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Natalbany
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Natalbany, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Natalbany, LouisianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Natalbany, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank166of 933
Citizen station DW2721DW2721
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/7 ft/42 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Tickfaw River 0.5 W HoldenHOLL1
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.6 mi away/56 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hammond 2.5 NNWLA-TG-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/49 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PontchatoulaPONL1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/36 ft/13 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Hammond Muni Airport, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Natalbany, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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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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Near Natalbany
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tickfawvillage, 2 mi
- Hammondcity, 3 mi
- Independencetown, 6 mi
- Albanytown, 6 mi
- Ponchatoulacity, 8 mi
- Springfieldtown, 9 mi
- Amite Citytown, 13 mi
- Killiantown, 14 mi
- Montpeliervillage, 14 mi
- Roselandtown, 15 mi
- Livingstontown, 16 mi
- Folsomvillage, 19 mi