Louisiana air quality

Logansport, Louisiana Air Quality

De Soto Parish31.975, -93.998

The nearest reporting area, Shreveport, measured an index of 54 this hour, which is Moderate. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality forecasts Moderate for Shreveport today and Moderate tomorrow. NOAA’s analysts drew light wildfire smoke over the town today.

Measured now
54 · Moderate
Today
58 · Moderate
Tomorrow
56 · Moderate
Pollutant
PM2.5

Fine particles on the map

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Logansport, Louisiana. Open it for the live map, where it pans and zooms.

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Logansport, Louisiana Open the live map with the particulate forecast

Map layer from NOAA National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

Alerts in force

An Air Quality Alert is issued by the National Weather Service on behalf of a state or local agency when pollution is expected to reach a level that harms health. An Air Stagnation Advisory means the air will not move enough to clear what is already in it.

None are in force near Logansport right now. All Louisiana warnings.

Now

Moderate

Reporting area
Shreveport, LA, 41 miles away
Reported by
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Area index
54 · Moderate

Measured, not modeled. AirNow observations are preliminary until the operating agency certifies them, which happens months later.

Today and tomorrow

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's own forecast for Shreveport, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayModerate58PM2.5
TomorrowModerate56PM2.5
Thursday, September 24Moderate56PM2.5

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for Shreveport and filed with AirNow.

Tuesday, widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will aid atmospheric mixing during the afternoon and evening. However, periods of sun and highs in the mid- to upper-90s will continue to promote ozone formation. Additionally, light northeasterly winds will allow thin smoke to linger over the region. These conditions will yield high-Good to mid-Moderate AQI levels. Wednesday and Thursday, as a weak front departs to the south, increasing northeasterly winds will aid dispersion. However, these winds will also transport thin regional smoke into the state, keeping particle levels elevated. Furthermore, increasing sunshine and temperatures in the low- to mid-90s will be conducive to ozone development. Thus, AQI levels will range from high-Good to mid-Moderate on both days.

Hour by hour

NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability, bias-corrected against monitors, for this town’s own coordinate. The worst hour ahead is an index of 67, Moderate, around Tue, 7:00 PM CDT, from the run issued Tue, 7:00 AM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Tue, 9:00 AM CDT42Good8
Tue, 10:00 AM CDT53Moderate12.5
Tue, 11:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.2
Tue, 12:00 PM CDT53Moderate8.9
Tue, 1:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.8
Tue, 2:00 PM CDT49Good8.1
Tue, 3:00 PM CDT47Good7.943.9
Tue, 4:00 PM CDT46Good8.249.9
Tue, 5:00 PM CDT51Moderate10.255.8
Tue, 6:00 PM CDT64Moderate9.859.5
Tue, 7:00 PM CDT67Moderate9.260.2
Tue, 8:00 PM CDT61Moderate958.7
Tue, 9:00 PM CDT54Moderate956
Tue, 10:00 PM CDT48Good852.4
Tue, 11:00 PM CDT48Good8.548.2
Wed, 12:00 AM CDT47Good843.2
Wed, 1:00 AM CDT48Good9.537.8
Wed, 2:00 AM CDT52Moderate12.132.9
Wed, 3:00 AM CDT53Moderate10.629.3
Wed, 4:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.726.9
Wed, 5:00 AM CDT56Moderate13.125.1
Wed, 6:00 AM CDT57Moderate1324
Wed, 7:00 AM CDT59Moderate14.523.3
Wed, 8:00 AM CDT60Moderate14.122.8
Wed, 9:00 AM CDT60Moderate14.323.3
Wed, 10:00 AM CDT64Moderate17.825
Wed, 11:00 AM CDT65Moderate17.127.5
Wed, 12:00 PM CDT62Moderate14.130.7
Wed, 1:00 PM CDT60Moderate12.434.4
Wed, 2:00 PM CDT58Moderate11.438.4
Wed, 3:00 PM CDT55Moderate9.742.5
Wed, 4:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.446.7
Wed, 5:00 PM CDT52Moderate9.449.9
Wed, 6:00 PM CDT51Moderate8.852
Wed, 7:00 PM CDT52Moderate9.852.5
Wed, 8:00 PM CDT52Moderate10.351.4
Wed, 9:00 PM CDT52Moderate9.849.3
Wed, 10:00 PM CDT52Moderate9.246.8
Wed, 11:00 PM CDT51Moderate8.444.1
Thu, 12:00 AM CDT49Good8.541.4
Thu, 1:00 AM CDT51Moderate1038.9
Thu, 2:00 AM CDT54Moderate13.736.3
Thu, 3:00 AM CDT55Moderate1233.9
Thu, 4:00 AM CDT56Moderate13.132.3
Thu, 5:00 AM CDT58Moderate14.131
Thu, 6:00 AM CDT58Moderate12.929.8
Thu, 7:00 AM CDT60Moderate14.728.6
Thu, 8:00 AM CDT60Moderate14.427.1
Thu, 9:00 AM CDT60Moderate13.626
Thu, 10:00 AM CDT63Moderate17.126.4
Thu, 11:00 AM CDT63Moderate15.528.4
Thu, 12:00 PM CDT61Moderate13.331.5
Thu, 1:00 PM CDT60Moderate1335.3
Thu, 2:00 PM CDT57Moderate10.439.4
Thu, 3:00 PM CDT55Moderate9.543.8
Thu, 4:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.648.6
Thu, 5:00 PM CDT52Moderate10.353.1
Thu, 6:00 PM CDT54Moderate10.256
Thu, 7:00 PM CDT54Moderate1056.8
Thu, 8:00 PM CDT54Moderate11.555.4
Thu, 9:00 PM CDT53Moderate1052.7
Thu, 10:00 PM CDT54Moderate11.349.3
Thu, 11:00 PM CDT54Moderate10.545.6
Fri, 12:00 AM CDT54Moderate10.441.5
Fri, 1:00 AM CDT54Moderate10.737
Fri, 2:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.932.6
Fri, 3:00 AM CDT55Moderate10.928.6
Fri, 4:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.326
Fri, 5:00 AM CDT56Moderate13.424.2
Fri, 6:00 AM CDT57Moderate12.822.9
Fri, 7:00 AM CDT58Moderate14.121.3

Fine particles in micrograms per cubic meter, ozone in parts per billion as an 8-hour average. The index for each hour is EPA’s: the ozone figure is already the 8-hour average the ozone index is defined on, and the particle figure is run through EPA’s NowCast, which is how an hourly PM2.5 concentration becomes an index.

Smoke

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over Logansport in satellite imagery today (Tue, 8:00 AM CDT to Tue, 10:00 AM CDT). That is smoke seen from above; it is not always smoke at ground level.

NOAA’s model forecasts near-surface smoke peaking at 0.9 µg/m³ around Wed, 3:00 AM CDT.

Smoke on the radar over Logansport

What this means

Moderate

Air quality is acceptable. There may be a risk for some people, particularly those who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.

Who is affected
People who are unusually sensitive to ozone or fine particles.
What to do
If you are unusually sensitive, consider making long or intense outdoor activity shorter or easier.
Index range
51 to 100

Category descriptions are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own.

What these numbers are. An index beside a monitor’s name is a measurement, published hourly by AirNow and preliminary until the operating agency certifies it. A category for today or tomorrow is a state or local agency forecaster’s own forecast for a reporting area. An hourly index is NOAA’s air quality model on a five-kilometer grid, not a reading from any instrument. Where a town has no monitor within reach, only the model figures appear, and the page says so.

Nearby

The nearest towns with a page of their own, closest first.

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Sources

Observations and daily forecasts from AirNow, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s program with NOAA, the National Park Service, NASA, tribal, state and local agencies. Hourly forecasts from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability. Smoke analysis from NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System. Alerts from the National Weather Service. Index categories and breakpoints are EPA’s, as revised in 2024.