Temperature
69 F at 2 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Trent Lott International Airport
Trent Lott International Airport, Mississippi
Small airport in Jackson County, MississippiFire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... .A cold front will move through the area later today bringing very dry air with RH values falling into the low to mid 30s along with windy conditions with some gusts around 30 mph. The combination of gusty winds, current drought conditions, ample dry fuel, and very dry conditions will allow any fire that develops to spread quickly. * AFFECTED AREA...Pearl River, Hancock, Harrison and Jackson. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 32 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
67°
86°/65°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 67°·Calm 0 mph SE
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Trent Lott International Airport until 8 PM tomorrow. 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 15 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 86° today.
Now. Trent Lott International Airport is 67° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
97%Humidity
38%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
67feels67
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8665
24%
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7153
11%
16mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7249
12mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7549
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7851
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7951
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8052
overcast
67°
86°65°
71°53°
72°49°
75°49°
78°51°
79°51°
80°52°
As of 2:00 AM in Trent Lott International Airport, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Trent Lott International Airport
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Mississippi Gulf Coast (MS), 35 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate5.7 mi
- Ozone24Good26 ppb5.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.5 ppb5.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb5.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Trent Lott International 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 Trent Lott International Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PQL
- ICAO
- KPQL
- IATA
- PGL
- Field elevation
- 17 ft
- Serves
- Pascagoula
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PQL
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 6,501 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 166° / 346° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pascagoula (PQL), Trent Lott International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the north at 2 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 7 hours; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 7
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 5,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 13
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
Pascagoula: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Trent Lott International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
PascagoulaPQL
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/16 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.4 mi away/9 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tnc Fort BayouS2082
At a soil climate station/12.7 mi away/43 ft/26 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Moss Point 1.5 NWMS-JC-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/7 ft/10 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ocean SpringsOCSM6
At a cooperative observer's station/15.9 mi away/23 ft/6 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 Trent Lott International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Escatawpacommunity, 2 mi
- Helenacommunity, 2 mi
- Moss Pointcity, 4 mi
- Pascagoulacity, 7 mi
- Gautiercity, 8 mi
- Big Pointcommunity, 9 mi
- Vancleavecommunity, 10 mi
- Wadecommunity, 12 mi
- Mississippi Soundfeature, 14 mi
- Hurleycommunity, 14 mi
- Gulf Park Estatescommunity, 15 mi
- Ocean Springscity, 16 mi
Airports near Trent Lott International Airport
- Keesler Air Force BaseBIX, 24 mi
- Gulfport Biloxi International AirportGPT, 32 mi
- Stennis International AirportHSA, 56 mi
- Picayune Municipal AirportMJD, 67 mi
- Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal AirportHBG, 70 mi
- Hattiesburg Laurel Regional AirportPIB, 84 mi
- Hesler Noble FieldLUL, 92 mi
- Columbia-Marion County Airport0R0, 95 mi