Westwego, Louisiana Weather
Westwego, 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 Westwego, Jefferson Parish.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Westwego. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Westwego is published on the New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field (KNBG) page, 14 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 Westwego 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 Westwego: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) 15 km · Lakefront Airport (KNEW) 19 km · Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) 47 km · South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO) 53 km · Slidell Airport (KASD) 58 km
Conditions reported at KNBG describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Westwego specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Westwego, Louisiana
Westwego exhales a humid, brackish breath, a scent of brine and diesel that clings to the air like a second skin. It lies 2.6 miles west of Marrero, LA (from Marrero, LA: bearing 280°T), and is situated 5.2 miles south-west of New Orleans. The landscape here is a patient negotiation between land and water, a flat, sprawling expanse where the Mississippi River, a muddy serpent, coils and uncoils, its vastness a constant, murmuring presence. Cypress trees, their knees like gnarled knuckles, emerge from the dark, still waters of the surrounding bayous, their silhouettes softened by the pervasive, pearly light that filters through the humid atmosphere. The sky, a canvas of shifting grays and blues, presses down with an almost palpable weight, a constant reminder of the moisture-laden winds that sweep in from the Gulf. This is a place where the working docks are the heart of the matter, where the economy is etched into the very grit of the levees and the ceaseless churn of the river. For generations, Westwego has been a vital artery for commerce, a gateway for goods arriving by barge and departing by rail, its rhythm dictated by the ebb and flow of trade. The legacy of its fishing heritage still whispers in the air, a reminder of simpler times, though the modern hum of industry, the clatter of machinery and the distant roar of engines, now dominates the soundscape. The character of Westwego is one of resilience, a quiet fortitude born from living so intimately with the powerful forces of nature, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who call this watery edge of Louisiana home.
Live animated radar for Westwego 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 | Westwego, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29.906039°N, 90.142296°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 70094, 70096 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Westwego, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westwego, 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 Westwego includes coordinates 29.906039°N, 90.142296°W, situated in Jefferson Parish. ZIP code 70094, 70096. Telephone area code: 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.
