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Pitkin, Louisiana

Community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Pitkin

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 62 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, 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 Pitkin

None in the last 24 hours; 0.41 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
0.41in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Pitkin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dry CreekBDKL1

At a cooperative observer's station/18.0 mi away/148 ft/13 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fullerton - Fort Polk, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Pitkin, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:49 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 Fullerton - Fort Polk, 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 BKBFIG. A THE SKY OVER FULLERTON - FORT POLKSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFullerton - Fort Polk, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BKBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fullerton - Fort Polk: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKBFIG. B THE AIR AT FULLERTON - FORT POLKTHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.3 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEFullerton - Fort Polk, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Fullerton - Fort Polk, 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 BKBFIG. C THE WIND AT FULLERTON - FORT POLKPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEFullerton - Fort Polk, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fullerton - Fort Polk, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Louisiana

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Pitkin

River and lake gauges