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Lake Charles, Louisiana

Last updated: 9:03 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 28°
Clear
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 18°
Wind
4 mph S
Humidity
78%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
30.00 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
8%
Sunrise
7:14 AM
Sunset
6:41 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lake Charles is currently clear at 25°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:14AM · Sunset: 6:41PM.

42 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
4%
10 PM
24°
15%
11 PM
23°
15%
12 AM
23°
15%
1 AM
22°
15%
2 AM
22°
15%
3 AM
21°
15%
4 AM
21°
7%
5 AM
21°
8%
6 AM
18°
8%
7 AM
18°
8%
8 AM
20°
8%
9 AM
22°
5%
10 AM
26°
14%
11 AM
26°
14%
12 PM
27°
14%
1 PM
28°
14%
2 PM
29°
14%
3 PM
28°
15%
4 PM
28°
3%
5 PM
27°
3%
6 PM
24°
3%
7 PM
23°
3%
8 PM
22°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
30° 18°
Clear.
Fri
29° 15°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
24° 10°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
26° 8°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
27° 11°
Clear.
Tue
29° 11°
Clear.
Wed
30° 11°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Clear 4% 4 mph S 78%
10 PM 24° Clear 15% 4 mph S 82%
11 PM 23° Clear 15% 4 mph SSE 83%
12 AM 23° Clear 15% 3 mph SE 85%
1 AM 22° Clear 15% 3 mph E 86%
2 AM 22° Clear 15% 3 mph E 88%
3 AM 21° Clear 15% 2 mph ENE 90%
4 AM 21° Clear 7% 3 mph NE 91%
5 AM 21° Mostly Clear 8% 3 mph NNE 92%
6 AM 18° Mostly Clear 8% 3 mph N 94%
7 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 8% 3 mph N 94%
8 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 8% 4 mph N 88%
9 AM 22° Mostly Clear 5% 7 mph NNW 79%
10 AM 26° Clear 14% 9 mph NNW 73%
11 AM 26° Mostly Clear 14% 11 mph N 67%
12 PM 27° Mostly Clear 14% 12 mph N 61%
1 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 14% 13 mph N 56%
2 PM 29° Mostly Clear 14% 14 mph N 54%
3 PM 28° Mostly Clear 15% 15 mph N 53%
4 PM 28° Mostly Clear 3% 16 mph N 52%
5 PM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 16 mph N 50%
6 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 15 mph N 48%
7 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 15 mph N 46%
8 PM 22° Mostly Cloudy 3% 15 mph N 44%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/15
Clear
4%
18°
30°
Fri
10/16
Mostly Clear
15%
15°
29°
Sat
10/17
Mostly Clear
3%
10°
24°
Sun
10/18
Mostly Clear
3%
8°
26°
Mon
10/19
Clear
3%
11°
27°
Tue
10/20
Clear
3%
11°
29°
Wed
10/21
Clear
3%
11°
30°
Thu
10/22
Clear
3%
12°
31°
Fri
10/23
Clear
18%
13°
31°
Sat
10/24
Drizzle
44%
13°
31°
Sun
10/25
Clear
12%
15°
31°
Mon
10/26
Clear
3%
16°
29°
Tue
10/27
Drizzle
60%
15°
28°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
15°
28°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
16°
28°
42
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
41 AQI 7.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
42 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 42 Good 42 41
Sat 31 Good 31 29
Sun 31 Good 31 27
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
SBCAPE123 J/kg
MLCAPE104 J/kg
MUCAPE205 J/kg
SBCIN-155 J/kg
MLCIN-114 J/kg
Lifted Index-1.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear6 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear4 kt
0–1 km SRH7
0–3 km SRH-8
Eff. SRH-8
Storm Motion245° @ 13 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index0.7
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.19 in
0–3 km LR5.0 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals41.5
LCL957 hPa
LFC572 hPa
EL397 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,079 ft