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Simmesport, Louisiana

Town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Simmesport

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 54 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Simmesport

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Simmesport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MarksvilleMKV

At an airfield/16.9 mi away/75 ft/28 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank791of 934

measured daily2 instruments

MarksvilleMKVL1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.3 mi away/56 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Marksville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.9 mi from Simmesport, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 9:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Marksville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKVFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARKSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 3,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMarksville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MKV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.6 F with a dew point of 44.4 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Marksville: temperature 58.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.4, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKVFIG. B THE AIR AT MARKSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,100 FTTEMPERATURE 58.6 FDEW POINT 44.4 FSPREAD 14.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEMarksville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MKV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Marksville, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKVFIG. C THE WIND AT MARKSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarksville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MKV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Marksville, 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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Near Simmesport

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