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Welsh, Louisiana

Town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

Air quality

The air at Welsh

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lake Charles (LA), 45 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

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 Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Welsh

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Welsh, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Jennings3R7

At an airfield/8.8 mi away/18 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank572of 933

measured daily2 instruments

Jennings 6.1 NNWLA-JD-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.2 mi away/24 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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JenningsJNNL1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/20 ft/6 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank63of 933

Station report

The weather at Jennings, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Welsh, Louisiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 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 Jennings, 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 3R7FIG. A THE SKY OVER JENNINGSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEJennings, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 3R7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3R7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.4 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Jennings: temperature 75.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3R7FIG. B THE AIR AT JENNINGSTHE 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 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.4 FTEMPERATURE 75.4 FDEW POINT 69.0 FSPREAD 6.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEJennings, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3R7TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3R7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jennings, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 3R7FIG. C THE WIND AT JENNINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJennings, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 3R7TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-3R7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Jennings, 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 Welsh

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

Near Welsh

River and lake gauges