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Taft, Louisiana

Community in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Taft

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Thibodaux (LA), 25 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good10.3 mi
  • Ozone21Good39 ppb10.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.4 ppb10.3 mi

The days ahead

Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Taft

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Taft, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Taft, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

St Rose 0.3 WLA-SC-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/6 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank54of 933

ThibodauxTHIL1

At a cooperative observer's station/25.9 mi away/4 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank344of 933

Station report

The weather at New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Taft, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSYFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW ORLEANS - LOUIS ARMSTRONGSECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 1,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENew Orleans - Louis Armstrong, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MSYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 70.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at New Orleans - Louis Armstrong: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSYFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW ORLEANS - LOUIS ARMSTRONGTHE 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 F90 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 70.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLENew Orleans - Louis Armstrong, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSYFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW ORLEANS - LOUIS ARMSTRONGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew Orleans - Louis Armstrong, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, 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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