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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Hesler Noble Field
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Hesler Noble Field 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 18 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 89° today.
Now. Hesler Noble Field is 64° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the west-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° 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 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. 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 10:40 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Hesler Noble Field, Mississippi.
Air quality
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hattiesburg (MS), 25 miles off.
Yesterday measured 62, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,513 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 3 mph head, on 13 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Laurel (LUL), Hesler Noble Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
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.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
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.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.10 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 6,000 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
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
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
Desoto National Forest - RAWS Fire WeathLAUM6
A remote fire weather station/19.6 mi away/269 ft/31 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, 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
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.