Louisiana air quality

Saint Gabriel, Louisiana Air Quality

Iberville Parish30.258, -91.099

The nearest monitor to Saint Gabriel, at Carville, 5 miles away, measured an index of 22 at Mon, 2:00 AM CDT, which is Good for ground-level ozone. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality forecasts Moderate for Baton Rouge Area today and Moderate tomorrow. NOAA’s analysts drew light wildfire smoke over the town today.

Measured now
22 · Good
Today
64 · Moderate
Tomorrow
80 · Moderate
Pollutant
Ozone

Fine particles on the map

Forecast fine particulate matter from NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability over Saint Gabriel, 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 Saint Gabriel, 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 Saint Gabriel right now. All Louisiana warnings.

Now

Good

Nearest monitor
Carville, 5 miles away (site 220470012)
Index measured
22 · Good
Measured at
Mon, 2:00 AM CDT
Reporting area
Baton Rouge Area, LA, 13 miles away
Reported by
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Area index
64 · 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 Baton Rouge Area, written by a forecaster rather than read off a model.

DayCategoryIndexPollutant
TodayModerate64Ozone
TomorrowModerate80Ozone

The forecaster’s discussion

Written by Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for Baton Rouge Area and filed with AirNow.

Sunday and Monday, calm to light northerly to northeasterly winds will limit dispersion. Furthermore, mostly sunny skies, temperatures around 90-95F, and lingering thin smoke will promote ozone formation. Thus, AQI levels will be low-Moderate in most cities on both days. Tuesday, upper-level high pressure west of the state will reduce vertical mixing. In addition, mostly sunny skies and temperatures around 90-95F will enhance ozone development, while light easterly to east-southeasterly winds will limit dispersion. Therefore, AQI levels will be low- to mid-Moderate statewide.

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 74, Moderate, around Tue, 7:00 PM CDT, from the run issued Sun, 10:00 PM CDT. This is a model, not a measurement.

HourIndexCategoryPM2.5Ozone
Mon, 3:00 AM CDT50Good10.118.3
Mon, 4:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.916
Mon, 5:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.214.5
Mon, 6:00 AM CDT52Moderate1013.7
Mon, 7:00 AM CDT53Moderate11.412.3
Mon, 8:00 AM CDT57Moderate14.510.5
Mon, 9:00 AM CDT57Moderate12.310.6
Mon, 10:00 AM CDT55Moderate10.512.5
Mon, 11:00 AM CDT55Moderate10.416.1
Mon, 12:00 PM CDT55Moderate11.321.5
Mon, 1:00 PM CDT55Moderate12.128.4
Mon, 2:00 PM CDT56Moderate12.635.7
Mon, 3:00 PM CDT57Moderate1343.3
Mon, 4:00 PM CDT57Moderate1350.5
Mon, 5:00 PM CDT57Moderate12.655.8
Mon, 6:00 PM CDT61Moderate12.158.4
Mon, 7:00 PM CDT64Moderate11.159.1
Mon, 8:00 PM CDT57Moderate12.556.9
Mon, 9:00 PM CDT56Moderate10.652.4
Mon, 10:00 PM CDT54Moderate9.147.1
Mon, 11:00 PM CDT49Good7.242.1
Tue, 12:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.537.2
Tue, 1:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.232.5
Tue, 2:00 AM CDT52Moderate10.228.4
Tue, 3:00 AM CDT54Moderate11.924.7
Tue, 4:00 AM CDT54Moderate10.622.2
Tue, 5:00 AM CDT55Moderate11.720.1
Tue, 6:00 AM CDT55Moderate12.218.2
Tue, 7:00 AM CDT59Moderate14.915.8
Tue, 8:00 AM CDT64Moderate19.213.7
Tue, 9:00 AM CDT64Moderate16.113.5
Tue, 10:00 AM CDT59Moderate10.915.6
Tue, 11:00 AM CDT56Moderate1019.5
Tue, 12:00 PM CDT55Moderate10.324.8
Tue, 1:00 PM CDT54Moderate10.531.3
Tue, 2:00 PM CDT54Moderate10.538.6
Tue, 3:00 PM CDT54Moderate1146
Tue, 4:00 PM CDT55Moderate11.453.6
Tue, 5:00 PM CDT64Moderate10.759
Tue, 6:00 PM CDT71Moderate10.461.9
Tue, 7:00 PM CDT74Moderate10.562.6
Tue, 8:00 PM CDT67Moderate12.460.5
Tue, 9:00 PM CDT55Moderate11.156.3
Tue, 10:00 PM CDT54Moderate9.151
Tue, 11:00 PM CDT52Moderate8.745.8
Wed, 12:00 AM CDT51Moderate840.1
Wed, 1:00 AM CDT48Good7.935.1
Wed, 2:00 AM CDT46Good7.830.5
Wed, 3:00 AM CDT47Good8.626.1
Wed, 4:00 AM CDT46Good8.122.7
Wed, 5:00 AM CDT47Good8.720.3
Wed, 6:00 AM CDT50Good1018.2
Wed, 7:00 AM CDT51Moderate9.715.5

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 Saint Gabriel in satellite imagery today (Sun, 7:00 AM CDT to Sun, 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 2.4 µg/m³ around Tue, 5:00 PM CDT.

Smoke on the radar over Saint Gabriel

What this means

Good

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Who is affected
Nobody is expected to be affected.
What to do
It is a good day to be outside.
Index range
0 to 50

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.