Prospect, Louisiana Weather
Prospect, 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 Prospect, Grant Parish.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prospect.
About Prospect, Louisiana
Prospect sleeps under the wide Louisiana sky, a place where the land exhales a humid, verdant breath. It lies 9.9 miles north-north-west of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 345°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-north-west of Pineville. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling canvas, painted in shades of deep green and rich, dark soil, hinting at the fecundity that has always defined this corner of Grant Parish. Ancient oaks, their limbs gnarled like arthritic fingers, stand sentinel over fields that stretch towards the horizon, their leaves a rustling murmur in the perpetual warm breeze. The air itself carries the scent of damp earth and something subtly sweet, perhaps the ghost of honeysuckle or the promise of ripening pecans, a fragrance that clings to everything like the persistent southern humidity. Originally a nexus for the timber industry, the echoes of sawmills and logging trains still seem to linger in the quietude of Prospect. The economy, once deeply rooted in the extraction of pine and cypress, has broadened, though the land remains its primary benefactor, nurturing crops that sustain the local populace. A sense of enduring connection to the past is palpable; the weathered facades of older buildings whisper stories of generations who have toiled and thrived here. Prospect is a place where the rhythm of life is dictated less by the ticking clock and more by the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons, and the quiet satisfaction of a day's honest work under the benevolent gaze of the sun.
Live animated radar for Prospect and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Prospect, Grant Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.450456°N, 92.48764°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70047, 71423 |
| Area Code | 504, 318 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prospect, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prospect, 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 Prospect includes coordinates 31.450456°N, 92.487640°W, situated in Grant Parish. ZIP code 70047, 71423. Telephone area code: 504, 318. 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.
