Bayou L'Ourse, Louisiana Weather
Bayou L'Ourse, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Bayou L'Ourse, Assumption Parish.
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About Bayou L'Ourse, Louisiana
Bayou L'Ourse exhales a breath of humid air, thick with the scent of marsh grass and distant diesel. It lies 22.1 miles west-north-west of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 292°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east of Morgan City. The land here unfolds in a low, flat expanse, a watery tapestry threaded with serpentine bayous and shimmering canals that mirror the bruised, expansive sky. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, rise from the murky depths, their roots anchoring them to a soil that feels perpetually damp. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-heavy cloud cover, paints the reeds in strokes of molten gold, a fleeting beauty that hangs suspended in the stillness. The water, a deep, opaque brown, moves with a slow, deliberate pulse, carrying whispers of the Gulf not far to the south. The history of Bayou L'Ourse is inextricably linked to the industrious spirit that has always found purchase in this fertile, yet challenging, terrain. Generations have coaxed sustenance from these waters and the surrounding earth, with sugarcane fields once dominating the landscape, their sweet scent mingling with the briny air. Today, the hum of the oil and gas industry is a more prominent sound, the pipelines a modern-day network of arteries across the wetlands. Yet, the character of Bayou L'Ourse remains one of quiet resilience, a place where life moves to a rhythm dictated by the tides and the enduring strength of its people, a steadfast presence against the ebb and flow of time.
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| Location | Bayou L'Ourse, Assumption Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.7174°N, 91.0607°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70380 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bayou L'Ourse, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bayou L'Ourse, Louisiana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bayou L'Ourse includes coordinates 29.717400°N, 91.060700°W, situated in Assumption Parish. ZIP code 70380. Telephone area code: 985. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
