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Starks, Louisiana

Community in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Starks

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 8 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good8.3 mi
  • Ozone18Good7 ppb8.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.4 ppb23.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Starks

None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Starks, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

De Quincy5R8

At an airfield/14.4 mi away/90 ft/65 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank418of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Sulphur 0.8 SWLA-CC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.1 mi away/10 ft/15 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SulphurSULL1

At a cooperative observer's station/19.7 mi away/56 ft/31 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at De Quincy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.4 mi from Starks, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over De Quincy, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5R8FIG. A THE SKY OVER DE QUINCYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDe Quincy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 5R8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5R8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 66.6 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at De Quincy: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.6, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5R8FIG. B THE AIR AT DE QUINCYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 66.6 FSPREAD 4.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEDe Quincy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5R8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5R8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at De Quincy, 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 5R8FIG. C THE WIND AT DE QUINCYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEDe Quincy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5R8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-5R8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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