Sorrel, Louisiana Weather
Sorrel, 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 Sorrel, St. Mary Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sorrel. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sorrel is published on the Le Maire Memorial Airport (K2R1) page, 5 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. 5 airfields within reach of Sorrel 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 Sorrel: Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) 31 km · Harry P Williams Memorial Airport (KPTN) 33 km · Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport (KIYA) 46 km · Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT) 50 km
Conditions reported at K2R1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sorrel specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sorrel.
About Sorrel, Louisiana
Sorrel breathes the humid, verdant air of Louisiana's bayou country, a place where the land itself seems to sigh. It lies 14.4 miles east-south-east of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 123°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-west of Franklin. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient knuckles, rise from the inky, slow-moving waters of the Atchafalaya Basin. Spanish moss, a ghostly beard, drapes from their branches, catching the diffused sunlight that filters through the dense canopy. The air here is thick with the scent of damp earth, decaying leaves, and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers, a perpetual offering to the sluggish currents that define this landscape. Dragonflies, iridescent jewels, dart and hover over the water's surface, their wings a blur against the muted greens and browns of the wetlands. The history of Sorrel is as deeply rooted as the cypress that anchor its soil, a testament to the ingenuity of those who have long coaxed a living from these rich, yet challenging, waterways. For generations, the economy here has been inextricably tied to the bounty of the basin, with fishing and crawfishing providing the lifeblood for families who understand the rhythms of the tides and the habits of its aquatic inhabitants. Small, weathered shacks, their paint peeling like sunburnt skin, line the bayou edges, each a quiet sentinel to the passing years. The occasional pirogue, a flat-bottomed boat, glides silently through the channels, a familiar sight in Sorrel, carrying its occupants on errands or toward the promise of a good catch, a timeless tableau against the backdrop of this wild, enduring terrain.
Live animated radar for Sorrel 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 | Sorrel, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.889094°N, 91.616781°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70544 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sorrel, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sorrel, 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 Sorrel includes coordinates 29.889094°N, 91.616781°W, situated in St. Mary Parish. ZIP code 70544. 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. 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.
