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Waggaman, Louisiana

Community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Waggaman

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 20 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good6.6 mi
  • Ozone32Good33 ppb6.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.3 ppb6.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb15.8 mi

The days ahead

Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Waggaman

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Waggaman, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Waggaman, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

River Ridge 0.7 NLA-JF-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/6 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MerauxMERL1

At a cooperative observer's station/18.5 mi away/12 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.4 mi from Waggaman, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, 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 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, 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

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 70.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at New Orleans - Louis Armstrong: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.4 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 72.0 F, 70.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at New Orleans - Louis Armstrong, 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 MSYFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW ORLEANS - LOUIS ARMSTRONGPLAN, 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 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

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Near Waggaman

River and lake gauges