Temperature
62 F at 1 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport
Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport, Mississippi
Medium airport in Forrest County, MississippiRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WIND...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph behind a cold front. * HUMIDITY...Minimum Relative Humidity values between 25 to 40 percent. * FUELS...Critically dry. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures will create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid activities that promote open flames and sparks. A Fire Weather Watch means that the potential for critical fire weather conditions exists. These conditions could promote the rapid spread of wildfires which could become life-threatening. Check www.weather.gov/jan/fireweather for forecast updates and a possible upgrade of this watch to a Red Flag Warning.
62°
91°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Light air 2 mph WSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 91° today.
Now. Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport is 62° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the west-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 72°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:42 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
90%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
62feels62
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9162
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7250
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7447
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7947
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8349
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8650
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8750
overcast
62°
91°62°
72°50°
74°47°
79°47°
83°49°
86°50°
87°50°
As of 2:00 AM in Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Hattiesburg (MS), 5 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 67, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 67YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HBG
- ICAO
- KHBG
- IATA
- HBG
- Field elevation
- 151 ft
- Serves
- Hattiesburg
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HBG
- Wind now
- From 150° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 6,094 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 131° / 311° | 3 mph head, on 13 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hattiesburg Muni (HBG), Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 4 PM Thursday to 96% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
0 mph from the south southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 5,500 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,500ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 5
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hattiesburg Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/151 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hattiesburg - Ragland HillsFRGM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/313 ft/162 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hattiesburg 5.9 SMS-FR-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/323 ft/172 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hattiesburg CoopHTTM6
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/397 ft/246 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hattiesburgcity, 5 mi
- Petalcity, 6 mi
- West Hattiesburgcommunity, 8 mi
- Glendalecommunity, 8 mi
- Arnold Linecommunity, 8 mi
- Oak Grovecommunity, 10 mi
- Rawls Springscommunity, 11 mi
- Runnelstowncommunity, 12 mi
- Eastabuchiecommunity, 12 mi
- Purviscity, 12 mi
- New Augustatown, 14 mi
- Mosellecommunity, 17 mi
Airports near Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport
- Hattiesburg Laurel Regional AirportPIB, 15 mi
- Hesler Noble FieldLUL, 29 mi
- Columbia-Marion County Airport0R0, 33 mi
- Picayune Municipal AirportMJD, 59 mi
- Gulfport Biloxi International AirportGPT, 60 mi
- Keesler Air Force BaseBIX, 62 mi
- Stennis International AirportHSA, 63 mi
- Trent Lott International AirportPQL, 70 mi