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Sikes, Louisiana

Village in Winn Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Sikes

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Monroe (LA), 39 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Highest 60, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Sikes

None in the last 24 hours; 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.14in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sikes, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Sikes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

RustonRSN

At an airfield/30.6 mi away/312 ft/141 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank593of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Sikes 1.0 SWLA-WP-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/248 ft/77 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank772of 933

COLUMBIA L&DCOLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/23.1 mi away/85 ft/86 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank16of 933

Station report

The weather at Ruston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.6 mi from Sikes, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 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 Ruston, 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 RSNFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUSTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERuston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RSNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.5 F with a dew point of 61.7 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ruston: temperature 70.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.7, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSNFIG. B THE AIR AT RUSTONTHE 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 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.6 FTEMPERATURE 70.5 FDEW POINT 61.7 FSPREAD 8.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLERuston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Ruston, 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 RSNFIG. C THE WIND AT RUSTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLERuston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Ruston, 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 Sikes

River and lake gauges