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Bridgetown, Mississippi

Community in DeSoto County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Bridgetown

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hernando (MS), 6 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate6.5 mi
  • Ozone40Good43 ppb6.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bridgetown

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Bridgetown, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Bridgetown, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bridgetown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

TunicaS2034

At a soil climate station/32.1 mi away/260 ft/99 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank347of 459

measured daily2 instruments

Pleasant HillPLTM6

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/289 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank278of 459

Station report

The weather at Olive Branch, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.2 mi from Bridgetown, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Olive Branch, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLVFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLIVE BRANCHSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOlive Branch, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OLVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 55.4 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Olive Branch: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.4, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLVFIG. B THE AIR AT OLIVE BRANCHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.0 FTEMPERATURE 75.2 FDEW POINT 55.4 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEOlive Branch, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Olive Branch, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLVFIG. C THE WIND AT OLIVE BRANCHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlive Branch, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Olive Branch, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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