Lake Charles, Louisiana

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28°C
Feels like 32°
Clear
▲ 29°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
5 mph SSW
Humidity
83%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
29.96 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
5%
Sunrise
6:28 AM
Sunset
8:10 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lake Charles is currently clear at 28°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1856 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:28AM · Sunset: 8:10PM.

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31 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
3%
12 AM
28°
3%
1 AM
28°
3%
2 AM
27°
3%
3 AM
27°
3%
4 AM
27°
3%
5 AM
27°
3%
6 AM
24°
3%
7 AM
25°
3%
8 AM
27°
3%
9 AM
29°
3%
10 AM
30°
3%
11 AM
31°
3%
12 PM
32°
3%
1 PM
33°
3%
2 PM
35°
3%
3 PM
36°
3%
4 PM
36°
3%
5 PM
34°
3%
6 PM
34°
3%
7 PM
33°
3%
8 PM
32°
3%
9 PM
31°
3%
10 PM
29°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
29° 24°
Clear.
Mon
36° 24°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
37° 25°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
37° 24°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
36° 25°
Mostly Cloudy with a 27% chance of rain.
Fri
36° 24°
Rain, 61% chance.
Sat
36° 26°
Thunderstorm, 71% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Clear 3% 5 mph SSW 83%
12 AM 28° Clear 3% 5 mph SW 85%
1 AM 28° Clear 3% 4 mph SW 88%
2 AM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph SW 89%
3 AM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph SW 91%
4 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph WSW 92%
5 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph WSW 93%
6 AM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph WSW 93%
7 AM 25° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph WSW 93%
8 AM 27° Clear 3% 5 mph W 85%
9 AM 29° Clear 3% 6 mph W 77%
10 AM 30° Clear 3% 8 mph W 69%
11 AM 31° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph W 63%
12 PM 32° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph W 58%
1 PM 33° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph W 53%
2 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WSW 51%
3 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WSW 50%
4 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WSW 49%
5 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph SW 54%
6 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph SW 60%
7 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph SW 64%
8 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph SW 69%
9 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph SW 73%
10 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph SW 77%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/26
Clear
3%
24°
29°
Mon
7/27
Mostly Clear
3%
24°
36°
Tue
7/28
Mostly Clear
3%
25°
37°
Wed
7/29
Partly Cloudy
14%
24°
37°
Thu
7/30
Mostly Cloudy
27%
25°
36°
Fri
7/31
Rain
61%
24°
36°
Sat
8/1
Thunderstorm
71%
26°
36°
Sun
8/2
Heavy Rain
82%
24°
34°
Mon
8/3
Rain
69%
24°
34°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
44%
24°
35°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
24°
37°
Thu
8/6
Drizzle
60%
24°
37°
Fri
8/7
Drizzle
60%
24°
35°
Sat
8/8
Drizzle
60%
24°
34°
Sun
8/9
Drizzle
60%
24°
34°
31
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

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

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
31 AQI 5.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
29 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 31 Good 29 31
Tue 34 Good 34 32
Wed 42 Good 34 42
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 Mon Jul 27, 02:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1380 J/kg
MLCAPE1081 J/kg
MUCAPE1470 J/kg
SBCIN-102 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear18 kt
0–1 km Shear3 kt
Eff. Shear24 kt
0–1 km SRH21
0–3 km SRH32
Eff. SRH32
Storm Motion325° @ 15 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.1
STP (eff)0.1
Supercell0.6
K-Index7.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.77 in
0–3 km LR4.6 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals38.8
LCL963 hPa
LFC839 hPa
EL160 hPa
Freezing Lvl18,159 ft