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Stanley, Louisiana

Village in De Soto Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Stanley

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 41 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate-
  • Ozone9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Stanley

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Stanley, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 4 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Stanley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mansfield3F3

At an airfield/10.8 mi away/326 ft/55 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Logansport 3.7 NELA-DS-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/277 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sabine RiverLPTL1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/210 ft/61 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank21of 933

Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW1637, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 30.5 mi from Stanley, Louisiana. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the west northwest (301 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 6 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW1637, north up: blowing from 301 degrees, the west northwest, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 6; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW1637FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW1637PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 301°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW1637, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW1637TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW1637-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 197 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.71 inHg and the temperature at 58.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.05 inHg means its barometer reads 29.84 inHg; it reports 69.0 F, 10.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW1637 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 197 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.71 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.05 and the station pressure it means, 29.84.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW1637FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW1637 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW16371 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT197 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.71 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.3 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.05 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.84 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED69.0 FTITLECitizen station DW1637, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW1637TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW1637-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 49 degrees above the horizon at 32.38 N, and the day is 11 h 13 min long. Level ground there takes 75 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW1637, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 49 degrees above the horizon, against 81 at the June solstice, 58 at the equinoxes and 34 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 13 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW1637FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW1637ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 81°EQUINOXES 58°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 34°OCT 16, 49°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 13 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 75 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 32.38 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW1637, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW1637TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW1637-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW1637, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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