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Picayune, Mississippi

City in Pearl River County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Picayune

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 35 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good23.2 mi
  • Ozone45Good48 ppb23.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Picayune

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Picayune, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Picayune, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PicayuneMJD

At an airfield/3.3 mi away/54 ft/11 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank355of 464

measured daily2 instruments

Picayune 4.4 SMS-PR-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/35 ft/30 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Picayune, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from Picayune, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,000 ft, overcast at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Picayune, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MJDFIG. A THE SKY OVER PICAYUNESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPicayune, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MJDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MJD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

78.8 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Picayune: temperature 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 58 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MJDFIG. B THE AIR AT PICAYUNETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 78.8 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 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 POINTTITLEPicayune, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MJDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MJD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Picayune, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MJDFIG. C THE WIND AT PICAYUNEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPicayune, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MJDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MJD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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