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Oretta, Louisiana

Community in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Oretta

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 22 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good20.7 mi
  • Ozone20Good8 ppb22.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.5 ppb20.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Oretta

None in the last 24 hours; 0.71 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
0.71in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Oretta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

De Quincy5R8

At an airfield/6.5 mi away/90 ft/17 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank418of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Sulphur 8.4 NNELA-CC-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.0 mi away/23 ft/84 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Moss Bluff 2 NNWMBLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/30 ft/77 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank66of 933

Station report

The weather at De Quincy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from Oretta, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM 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 De Quincy, 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 5R8FIG. A THE SKY OVER DE QUINCYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDe Quincy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 5R8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5R8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.7 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at De Quincy: temperature 68.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5R8FIG. B THE AIR AT DE QUINCYTHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.9 FTEMPERATURE 68.7 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 4.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEDe Quincy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5R8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5R8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at De Quincy, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, 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 5R8FIG. C THE WIND AT DE QUINCYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDe Quincy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5R8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5R8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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