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Welcome, Louisiana

Community in St. James Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Welcome

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Thibodaux (LA), 20 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good19.4 mi
  • Ozone6Good6 ppb4.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.4 ppb14.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, 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 Welcome

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Welcome, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

GonzaleREG

At an airfield/9.0 mi away/26 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank145of 933

measured daily2 instruments

FSA-Donaldsonville 3.7 ELA-SJ-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/15 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DonaldsonvilleDVLL1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/30 ft/22 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank18of 933

Station report

The weather at Gonzale, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.0 mi from Welcome, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Gonzale, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT REGFIG. A THE SKY OVER GONZALESECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLEGonzale, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS REGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-REG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

65.3 F with a dew point of 64.8 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gonzale: temperature 65.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.8, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT REGFIG. B THE AIR AT GONZALETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.3 F, 64.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEGonzale, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS REGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-REG-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 Gonzale, 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 REGFIG. C THE WIND AT GONZALEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGonzale, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS REGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-REG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Gonzale, 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 Welcome

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

Near Welcome

River and lake gauges