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Ocean Springs, Mississippi

City in Jackson County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Ocean Springs

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Mississippi Gulf Coast (MS), 19 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate15.4 mi
  • Ozone19Good11 ppb15.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.6 ppb15.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ocean Springs

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ocean Springs, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ocean Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ocean SpringsOCSM6

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/23 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank413of 459

Ocean Springs 0.7 SMS-JC-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/12 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Keesler AFB/Biloxi, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.2 mi from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Keesler AFB/Biloxi, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BIXFIG. A THE SKY OVER KEESLER AFB/BILOXISECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKeesler AFB/Biloxi, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BIXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BIX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.2 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Keesler AFB/Biloxi: temperature 71.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BIXFIG. B THE AIR AT KEESLER AFB/BILOXITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 71.2 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 3.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEKeesler AFB/Biloxi, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BIXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BIX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Keesler AFB/Biloxi, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, 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 BIXFIG. C THE WIND AT KEESLER AFB/BILOXIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKeesler AFB/Biloxi, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BIXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BIX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Keesler AFB/Biloxi, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Mississippi

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ocean Springs

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Near Ocean Springs

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