Bridge City, Louisiana Weather
Bridge City, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Bridge City, Jefferson Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bridge City. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bridge City is published on the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) page, 11 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Bridge City have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Bridge City: New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) 18 km · Lakefront Airport (KNEW) 18 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 43 km · South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO) 55 km · Slidell Airport (KASD) 57 km
Conditions reported at KMSY describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bridge City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Bridge City, Louisiana
Bridge City sprawls along the western bank of the Mississippi River, a stretch of Louisiana where the humid air hangs thick and heavy like a damp blanket. It lies 3.7 miles south-south-west of Metairie, LA (from Metairie, LA: bearing 196°T), and is situated 5.9 miles west-south-west of New Orleans. The landscape here is a low-lying, watery expanse, dominated by the wide, muddy ribbon of the river and the intricate network of canals and bayous that crisscross the terrain. Cypress trees, their knees jutting from the brackish water, stand sentinel, draped in Spanish moss that sways with an almost imperceptible grace. The sky above is a vast canvas, often painted with dramatic clouds that promise a sudden, drenching downpour, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, can cast a soft, golden glow on the weathered wood of houses and the shimmering surface of the water. This place, Bridge City, has a history tied to the very currents that shape it, its origins entwined with the industrial might of the river and the nearby ports. For generations, the local economy has pulsed with the rhythm of shipping and commerce, the steady hum of barges a constant soundtrack to daily life. You can feel the echoes of hard work in the worn piers and the sturdy, no-nonsense architecture of the buildings. It’s a community shaped by the practicalities of living on the edge of a mighty waterway, where the bounty of the river, and the challenges it presents, have always dictated the way of things.
Live animated radar for Bridge City and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Bridge City, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.93326°N, 90.170075°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70094 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bridge City, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bridge City, Louisiana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Bridge City includes coordinates 29.933260°N, 90.170075°W, situated in Jefferson Parish. ZIP code 70094. Telephone area code: 504. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. 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.
