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Buckatunna, Mississippi

Community in Wayne County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Buckatunna

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Hattiesburg (MS), 47 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 67, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Buckatunna

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Buckatunna, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Buckatunna, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

LaurelLUL

At an airfield/39.1 mi away/239 ft/90 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank61of 459

measured daily2 instruments

WaynesboroWAYM6

At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/210 ft/61 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank284of 459

Richton 11.5 ENEMS-GN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.3 mi away/321 ft/172 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Laurel, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 39.1 mi from Buckatunna, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Laurel, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LULFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAURELSECTION, 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 DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELaurel, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LULTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

61.3 F with a dew point of 60.3 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Laurel: temperature 61.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.3, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LULFIG. B THE AIR AT LAURELTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.3 F, 60.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLELaurel, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LULTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Laurel, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LULFIG. C THE WIND AT LAURELPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELaurel, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LULTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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