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Sunset, Louisiana

Town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Sunset

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lafayette (LA), 13 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good12.8 mi
  • Ozone35Good38 ppb12.8 mi

The days ahead

Highest 54, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 67, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Sunset

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Sunset, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sunset, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OpelousasOPL

At an airfield/10.5 mi away/77 ft/32 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank444of 933

measured daily2 instruments

CarencroCRCL1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/49 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Opelousas, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.5 mi from Sunset, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 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 Opelousas, 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 OPLFIG. A THE SKY OVER OPELOUSASSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOpelousas, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OPLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OPL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.5 F with a dew point of 67.5 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Opelousas: temperature 70.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.5, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OPLFIG. B THE AIR AT OPELOUSASTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.7 FTEMPERATURE 70.5 FDEW POINT 67.5 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEOpelousas, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OPLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OPL-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 Opelousas, 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 OPLFIG. C THE WIND AT OPELOUSASPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOpelousas, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OPLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OPL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Opelousas, 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.

Near Sunset

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

Near Sunset

River and lake gauges