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Current conditions
Observed at Lafayette, Lafayette Regional Airport · 49 min ago
Forecast
10-day-
This Afternoon
Sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
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Tonight
Clear, with a low around 50. Northeast wind around 0 mph.
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Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 82. North wind 0 to 5 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now80°
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- Thu12 AM56°
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10-day forecast
Details- TodayOct 21Sunny50°80°
- ThuOct 22Sunny50°82°
- FriOct 23Sunny51°83°
- SatOct 24Sunny49°81°
- SunOct 25Sunny50°80°
- MonOct 26Mostly Sunny51°80°
- TueOct 27Sunny52°81°
- WedOct 28Sunny62°84°
- ThuOct 29Sunny62°84°
- FriOct 30Mostly sunny62°87°
Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.
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Air quality
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Forecast
- WedModerate (58)
- ThuModerate (61)
- FriModerate (64)
Lafayette, LA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Nearby
- Lafayette 35 km
- Crowley 45 km
- Youngsville 49 km
- Broussard 44 km
- Eunice 32 km
- Scott 33 km
- Carencro 24 km
- Breaux Bridge 34 km
- Rayne 38 km
- Ville Platte 25 km
- Saint Martinville 51 km
- Church Point 19 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in LCH, issued 3 hrs ago
Key Messages
- No rain anticipated through the rest of the week with cool mornings and warm afternoons each day.
- Fire danger will remain elevated through this week with ongoing drought conditions and minimum RH values ranging as low as 25 to 45 percent during the afternoons.
- Northeast to East winds will remain elevated in the coastal waters.
Discussion
(Today through Tuesday) Issued at 1201 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026
Wx Map features a large high pressure cell over the Canadian / US border today. Modest ridging extends across the Central Plains to the Gulf coast keeping conditions here locally dry and mild. Highs will range in the lower 80s with mostly clear skies- sans a few upper level cloud from moisture wicked up from the eastern Pacific. Other than that we are expecting Chambers of Commerce weather, quiet, sunny, and pleasantly not humid. However, the lack of rainfall will prove to be problematic over the next several days concerning the worsening drought and fire weather concerns.
Temperatures do rise Thursday and Friday as a subtropical ridge strengthens the surface ridge extending south from Canada. Increased subsidence aloft will promote highs in the mid 80s with zero chance for rainfall. This pattern will also keep winds light with periods of northeast to east breezes. The ridge continues to amplify through the weekend creating an Omega Block across the CONUS. This type of pattern generally favors portions of the continent to have more rainfall while other areas observe less. Since Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana will be in the center axis of the ridge, the forecast will stay dry here into next week while highs return close to normal, in the low 80s. Mornings will feel nice for those who enjoy a crisp early workout. Those low temperatures occurring around 6-7AM will range in upper 40s across central portions of Louisiana and interior Southeast Texas to mid or upper 50s for the coastal counties and parishes.
Kowalski / 30
Aviation
(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1215 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026
VFR conditions prevail throughout the valid TAF period with no significant weather-related impacts expected to any terminals. Light northeasterly winds at 5-10 kt will diminish to near calm after sunset tonight, then increase back to 5-10 kt after sunrise Thursday.
64/Silas
Marine
Issued at 1201 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026
Gentle to Moderate east winds continue across the offshore Gulf waters this afternoon into evening as a wave moves westward across the central Gulf. Winds of 10-15 kt and seas 2-4 feet will be possible. Thereafter, high pressure over the eastern US will yield east to northeast winds at 5-15 kt with low seas through the weekend and into next week.
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