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Prien, Louisiana

Community in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Prien

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 20 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good7.9 mi
  • Ozone25Good24 ppb6.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.9 ppb7.9 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 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 Prien

0.37 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.37in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Prien, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Prien, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Lake CharlesNDBC-LCLL1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank902of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Charles 2.3 SWLA-CC-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/10 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lake Charles, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.5 mi from Prien, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 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 Lake Charles, 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 LCHFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAKE CHARLESSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELake Charles, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LCHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 72.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lake Charles: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 72.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LCHFIG. B THE AIR AT LAKE CHARLESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 71.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 73.0 F, 72.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLELake Charles, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LCHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lake Charles, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, 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 LCHFIG. C THE WIND AT LAKE CHARLESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELake Charles, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LCHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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