Sorrel, Louisiana Weather
Sorrel, 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 Sorrel, St. Mary Parish.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
