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Hesler Noble Field, Mississippi

Small airport in Jones County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Hesler Noble Field

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hattiesburg (MS), 25 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate25 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hesler Noble Field

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Hesler Noble Field, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
LUL
ICAO
KLUL
IATA
LUL
Field elevation
238 ft
Serves
Laurel
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
LUL
Wind now
From 120° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 315,513 ft150 ftAsphalt135° / 315°3 mph head, on 131 mph from the left
13311,000 ftN120° 3 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Laurel (LUL), Hesler Noble Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

64 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.

Now
64F
12 AM
Highest
90F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
57F
6 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Laurel, temperature from 57.4 to 90.2, the latest 63.8; dew point from 56.5 to 62.1, the latest 60.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50607080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 61 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 6 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
61F
12 AM
Humidity now
90%
Humidity, range
36 to 97%
Relative humidity at Laurel, relative humidity from 36 to 97, the latest 90, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%204060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

3 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 12 PM Thursday.

Now
3mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
8mph
4 PM Thursday
Highest gust
16mph
12 PM Thursday
Wind at Laurel, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 3, in miles an hour.WINDmph024683 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Laurel, wind direction from 110 to 330, the latest 120, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.10 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
12 AM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Laurel, pressure, altimeter from 30.04 to 30.15, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Laurel, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 6,000 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
6,000ft
12 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
4
Lowest cloud base at Laurel, lowest cloud base from 6,000 to 7,000, the latest 7,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft6,0006,2506,5006,7507,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16VFR

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

Laurel: 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 Hesler Noble Field, 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

LaurelLUL

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/239 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Laurel CoopLUPM6

At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/233 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Laurel 6.6 NWMS-JN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/328 ft/90 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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