Fort Polk North, Louisiana Weather
Fort Polk North, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Fort Polk North, Vernon Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fort Polk North. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fort Polk North is published on the Polk Army Air Field (KPOE) page, 6 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. 4 airfields within reach of Fort Polk North 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 Fort Polk North: Beauregard Regional Airport (KDRI) 33 km · Hart Airport (K3R4) 57 km · Newton Municipal Airport (K61R) 58 km
Conditions reported at KPOE describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Polk North specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Polk North.
About Fort Polk North, Louisiana
Fort Polk North sprawls across a landscape etched by the quiet persistence of pine forests and the subtle, low-lying terrain of western Louisiana. It lies 46.3 miles west-south-west of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 252°T), and is situated 3.7 miles north-north-east of Fort Polk South. The air here, thick with the scent of damp earth and resin, carries the humid breath of the Gulf, even miles inland. Longleaf pines, their needles whispering in the breeze, stand sentinel over a terrain that rolls with a gentle, almost imperceptible swell, punctuated by the darker, richer greens of hardwood stands in the wetter hollows. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm shafts, illuminating the sandy soil and the occasional glint of mica. The very character of Fort Polk North is one of quiet resilience, a place where the land dictates the pace, and the sky, a vast, ever-changing canvas, offers a constant, subtle drama. This place, Fort Polk North, has a history woven not just into its soil but into the very rhythm of its existence, intrinsically linked to its role as a significant military installation. The surrounding Vernon Parish economy, while drawing strength from the base's presence, also retains echoes of its agricultural past, with fields of timber and a scattering of small farms still dotting the periphery. The land itself, a part of the Western Gulf Coastal Plain, has seen generations of human endeavor, from early settlers to the constant ebb and flow of soldiers. The waterways, such as the Calcasieu River, though not immediately visible from the heart of Fort Polk North, have historically served as vital arteries, shaping settlement and commerce. There is a distinct sense of purpose that pervades Fort Polk North, a feeling that the land is both a backdrop and a participant in the ongoing story of this vital corner of Louisiana.
Live animated radar for Fort Polk North 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 | Fort Polk North, Vernon Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.097411°N, 93.188008°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71459 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Polk North, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Polk North, 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 Fort Polk North includes coordinates 31.097411°N, 93.188008°W, situated in Vernon Parish. ZIP code 71459. Telephone area code: 318. 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.
