New Orleans, Louisiana

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26°C
Feels like 31°
Mostly Clear
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 26°
Wind
4 mph NE
Humidity
84%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
30.09 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
26%
Sunrise
6:41 AM
Sunset
7:12 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: New Orleans is currently mostly clear at 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 76% around 5 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1761 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:41AM · Sunset: 7:12PM.

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53 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
14%
6 AM
26°
30%
7 AM
26°
30%
8 AM
27°
33%
9 AM
28°
33%
10 AM
29°
25%
11 AM
30°
25%
12 PM
31°
26%
1 PM
32°
8%
2 PM
32°
8%
3 PM
33°
9%
4 PM
32°
7%
5 PM
32°
7%
6 PM
31°
4%
7 PM
30°
3%
8 PM
29°
8%
9 PM
28°
12%
10 PM
28°
25%
11 PM
28°
40%
12 AM
28°
37%
1 AM
28°
42%
2 AM
27°
46%
3 AM
27°
49%
4 AM
27°
63%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 26°
Mostly Cloudy with a 40% chance of rain.
Thu
34° 26°
Heavy Rain, 90% chance.
Fri
34° 25°
Heavy Rain, 84% chance.
Sat
33° 25°
Mostly Cloudy with a 83% chance of rain.
Sun
34° 25°
Rain, 67% chance.
Mon
34° 26°
Rain, 80% chance.
Tue
34° 26°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Clear 14% 4 mph NE 84%
6 AM 26° Mostly Clear 30% 5 mph NE 83%
7 AM 26° Mostly Clear 30% 6 mph NE 84%
8 AM 27° Mostly Clear 33% 7 mph NE 79%
9 AM 28° Mostly Clear 33% 8 mph NE 74%
10 AM 29° Mostly Clear 25% 9 mph NE 69%
11 AM 30° Partly Cloudy 25% 9 mph ENE 65%
12 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 26% 9 mph ENE 60%
1 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 8% 9 mph ENE 57%
2 PM 32° Overcast 8% 10 mph ENE 56%
3 PM 33° Overcast 9% 10 mph E 55%
4 PM 32° Overcast 7% 9 mph E 56%
5 PM 32° Overcast 7% 8 mph E 59%
6 PM 31° Overcast 4% 8 mph ESE 63%
7 PM 30° Overcast 3% 7 mph ESE 67%
8 PM 29° Overcast 8% 6 mph ESE 71%
9 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 12% 6 mph SE 75%
10 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 25% 5 mph ESE 78%
11 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 40% 5 mph ESE 79%
12 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 37% 5 mph ESE 80%
1 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 42% 5 mph ESE 81%
2 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 46% 4 mph ESE 83%
3 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 49% 4 mph ESE 84%
4 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 63% 4 mph ESE 86%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/9
Mostly Cloudy
40%
26°
33°
Thu
9/10
Heavy Rain
90%
26°
34°
Fri
9/11
Heavy Rain
84%
25°
34°
Sat
9/12
Mostly Cloudy
83%
25°
33°
Sun
9/13
Rain
67%
25°
34°
Mon
9/14
Rain
80%
26°
34°
Tue
9/15
Rain
63%
26°
34°
Wed
9/16
Rain
73%
26°
34°
Thu
9/17
Rain
72%
26°
34°
Fri
9/18
Drizzle
55%
26°
33°
Sat
9/19
Drizzle
67%
26°
33°
Sun
9/20
Drizzle
60%
25°
32°
Mon
9/21
Drizzle
60%
24°
32°
Tue
9/22
Rain
90%
24°
31°
Wed
9/23
Rain
90%
24°
31°
53
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
53 AQI 10.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 34 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 53 Moderate 31 53
Thu 46 Good 33 46
Fri 48 Good 34 48
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 Wed Sep 9, 09:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1642 J/kg
MLCAPE1021 J/kg
MUCAPE1642 J/kg
SBCIN-43 J/kg
MLCIN-24 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear16 kt
0–1 km Shear13 kt
Eff. Shear16 kt
0–1 km SRH27
0–3 km SRH1
Eff. SRH1
Storm Motion151° @ 15 kt
0–1 km EHI0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index22.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.84 in
0–3 km LR5.3 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals40.2
LCL985 hPa
LFC902 hPa
EL168 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,322 ft