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Petal, Mississippi

City in Forrest County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Petal

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Hattiesburg (MS), 3 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate3.1 mi

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.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Petal

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Petal, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Hattiesburg 3SWHTBM6

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/228 ft/14 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank414of 459

Station report

The weather at Hattiesburg Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Petal, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 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 Hattiesburg Muni, 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 HBGFIG. A THE SKY OVER HATTIESBURG MUNISECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHattiesburg Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HBGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HBG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hattiesburg Muni: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HBGFIG. B THE AIR AT HATTIESBURG MUNITHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEHattiesburg Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HBGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HBG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Hattiesburg Muni, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HBGFIG. C THE WIND AT HATTIESBURG MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHattiesburg Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HBGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HBG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Hattiesburg 3SW (HTBM6), 5.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Mississippi

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

Near Petal

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Petal

River and lake gauges