Elmwood, Louisiana Weather
Elmwood, 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 Elmwood, Jefferson Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Elmwood. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Elmwood is published on the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) page, 8 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 Elmwood 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 Elmwood: Lakefront Airport (KNEW) 18 km · New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) 21 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 40 km · Slidell Airport (KASD) 56 km · St. Tammany Regional Airport (KL31) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMSY describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elmwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Elmwood, Louisiana
Elmwood lies low and green, a place where the humid air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and the distant hum of traffic. It lies 2.9 miles south-west of Metairie, LA (from Metairie, LA: bearing 229°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west of New Orleans. The landscape here is a mosaic of suburban sprawl and resilient marshland, where manicured lawns give way to the wilder, whispering reeds that fringe the waterways. Ancient live oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like spectral beards, punctuate the residential streets, offering dappled shade that shifts with the slow crawl of the sun. The sky, often a pale, washed-out blue, can deepen to an almost bruised violet at dusk, a dramatic backdrop to the encroaching twilight. The history of Elmwood is inextricably linked to the ebb and flow of the Mississippi River, its fertile delta soil once a magnet for agricultural endeavors that have largely receded into memory. Today, Elmwood’s economy is a complex blend, a testament to its proximity to the vibrant pulse of a larger metropolis, with residents commuting to jobs in service, trade, and burgeoning tech sectors, while local businesses cater to the daily needs of its close-knit neighborhoods. It’s a place where the past whispers from the remnants of old levees and forgotten drainage ditches, a quiet reminder of the constant negotiation between human settlement and the powerful, ever-present forces of nature that define this part of Louisiana.
Live animated radar for Elmwood 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 | Elmwood, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.956593°N, 90.189798°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70123, 71446, 70121 |
| Area Code | 318, 504 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elmwood, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elmwood, 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 Elmwood includes coordinates 29.956593°N, 90.189798°W, situated in Jefferson Parish. ZIP code 70123, 71446, 70121. Telephone area code: 318, 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.
