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Lafayette, Louisiana

Last updated: 8:51 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 27°
Clear
▲ 31°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
5 mph S
Humidity
75%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.99 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
5%
Sunrise
7:09 AM
Sunset
6:36 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lafayette is currently clear at 25°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:09AM · Sunset: 6:36PM.

48 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
3%
9 PM
24°
3%
10 PM
23°
3%
11 PM
23°
3%
12 AM
22°
3%
1 AM
22°
3%
2 AM
22°
3%
3 AM
22°
3%
4 AM
22°
3%
5 AM
19°
3%
6 AM
18°
3%
7 AM
19°
3%
8 AM
22°
3%
9 AM
25°
3%
10 AM
27°
3%
11 AM
28°
6%
12 PM
29°
6%
1 PM
31°
6%
2 PM
30°
3%
3 PM
30°
3%
4 PM
29°
3%
5 PM
26°
3%
6 PM
25°
3%
7 PM
24°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
31° 18°
Clear.
Fri
32° 14°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
24° 9°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
27° 6°
Clear.
Mon
28° 11°
Mostly Cloudy.
Tue
29° 10°
Clear.
Wed
31° 11°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Clear 3% 5 mph S 75%
9 PM 24° Clear 3% 5 mph SSE 77%
10 PM 23° Clear 3% 4 mph SSE 79%
11 PM 23° Clear 3% 3 mph SE 80%
12 AM 22° Clear 3% 2 mph SE 82%
1 AM 22° Clear 3% 2 mph ESE 83%
2 AM 22° Mostly Clear 3% 2 mph ESE 84%
3 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph E 84%
4 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph NE 85%
5 AM 19° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph NNE 86%
6 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph N 88%
7 AM 19° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph N 82%
8 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NNW 74%
9 AM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph NNW 66%
10 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NNW 61%
11 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 6% 10 mph NNW 59%
12 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 6% 12 mph NNW 55%
1 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 6% 14 mph NNW 55%
2 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 16 mph N 56%
3 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 18 mph N 57%
4 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 3% 18 mph N 56%
5 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 17 mph N 55%
6 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 3% 17 mph N 53%
7 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 17 mph N 49%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/15
Clear
3%
18°
31°
Fri
10/16
Partly Cloudy
6%
14°
32°
Sat
10/17
Mostly Clear
3%
9°
24°
Sun
10/18
Clear
3%
6°
27°
Mon
10/19
Mostly Cloudy
3%
11°
28°
Tue
10/20
Clear
3%
10°
29°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
11°
31°
Thu
10/22
Clear
3%
12°
32°
Fri
10/23
Clear
3%
12°
32°
Sat
10/24
Clear
44%
12°
32°
Sun
10/25
Clear
36%
15°
31°
Mon
10/26
Clear
25%
15°
31°
Tue
10/27
Drizzle
60%
14°
30°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
15°
29°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
16°
30°
48
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
48 AQI 8.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
48 AQI 53 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 48 Good 48 48
Sat 42 Good 38 42
Sun 51 Moderate 33 51
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Thu Oct 15, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE88 J/kg
MLCAPE86 J/kg
MUCAPE182 J/kg
SBCIN-254 J/kg
MLCIN-182 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear13 kt
0–1 km Shear6 kt
Eff. Shear2 kt
0–1 km SRH-16
0–3 km SRH-10
Eff. SRH-38
Storm Motion248° @ 14 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index7.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.21 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals38.4
LCL957 hPa
LFC525 hPa
EL393 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,115 ft