Starbase Louisiana weather
Area weather for Freshwater City, the nearby community of Pecan Island, and coastal Vermilion Parish. Forecast and radar come from the National Weather Service Lake Charles office. This is not SpaceX launch weather, not a go/no-go, and not an official range weather office. Rocket Gumbo is independent — not affiliated with SpaceX, Vermilion Parish, or the State of Louisiana.
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Point forecast for Freshwater City, NOAA CORS FWTR 29.5526°N, 92.3047°W. NWS office: Lake Charles (LCH). Radar: KLCH. This is area weather — not SpaceX launch weather, not a go/no-go, and not an official range weather office.
NWS alerts
Wind Advisory issued October 16 at 12:44PM CDT until October 17 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
NWS forecast
NWS product updated Fri, Oct 16, 2:45 PM CDT.
This Afternoon
85°F · Mostly Sunny · Wind N 20 mph
Mostly sunny. High near 85, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. North wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
58°F · Partly Cloudy · Wind N 25 to 30 mph
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. North wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
Saturday
72°F · Sunny · Wind N 20 to 25 mph
Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Saturday Night
59°F · Mostly Clear · Wind NE 15 to 20 mph
Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday
73°F · Sunny · Wind NE 10 to 15 mph
Sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Sunday Night
62°F · Mostly Clear · Wind NE 10 mph
Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Monday
75°F · Sunny · Wind NE 5 to 15 mph
Sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
Monday Night
64°F · Mostly Clear · Wind E 5 to 10 mph
Mostly clear, with a low around 64. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
What you are looking at
The point forecast is pinned to NOAA CORS station FWTR at Freshwater City: 29.5526°N, 92.3047°W. That is the same public GNSS marker we use on the Location page.
Radar is the official National Weather Service Lake Charles product (KLCH). The NWS office for this coast is Lake Charles (LCH).
Announcement coverage uses Pecan Island and Vermilion Parish. The precise weather point is Freshwater City. The announced footprint is about 125,000 acres of coastal marsh, as reported.
What this is not
This is not SpaceX launch weather. It is not a go/no-go. It is not an official range weather office. There is no Louisiana launch on the books, and we will not pretend this page is one.
This is not a Texas camera and not a live launch feed. We do not invent temperatures. If the NWS product is down, the page says so and links to weather.gov.
Independent, not official
Rocket Gumbo is an independent local site. Official weather lives on weather.gov. Starbase Louisiana merchandise from Rocket Gumbo is for sale. The shop is open.
Sources
- NWS point forecast — Freshwater City (29.5526, −92.3047)
- NWS radar — Lake Charles (KLCH)
- NWS Lake Charles office (LCH)
Is this SpaceX launch weather?
No. This is National Weather Service area weather for Freshwater City, Pecan Island, and Vermilion Parish. It is not a go/no-go, not an official range weather office, and not a live launch feed.
Where is the forecast point?
NOAA CORS station FWTR at Freshwater City: 29.5526°N, 92.3047°W. The NWS office for this coast is Lake Charles (LCH). Radar is KLCH.