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Sugartown, Louisiana

Community in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Sugartown

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 54 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

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 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sugartown

None in the last 24 hours; 0.22 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
0.22in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sugartown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dry CreekBDKL1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/148 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fort Polk (Army), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.1 mi from Sugartown, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM 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 Fort Polk (Army), 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 POEFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT POLK (ARMY)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFort Polk (Army), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS POETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.7 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fort Polk (Army): temperature 70.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT POEFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT POLK (ARMY)THE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.7 F, 69.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEFort Polk (Army), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS POETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Fort Polk (Army), 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 POEFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT POLK (ARMY)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEFort Polk (Army), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS POETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-POE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Polk (Army), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Louisiana

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Sugartown

River and lake gauges