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Porterville, Mississippi

Community in Kemper County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Porterville

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Ward (AL), 17 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Porterville

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Porterville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Scooba 1.2 ESEMS-KM-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/230 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Topton CoopTOPM6

At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/456 ft/251 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Meridian NAS/Mccain, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Porterville, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM 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 Meridian NAS/Mccain, 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 NMMFIG. A THE SKY OVER MERIDIAN NAS/MCCAINSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMeridian NAS/Mccain, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NMMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NMM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Meridian NAS/Mccain: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NMMFIG. B THE AIR AT MERIDIAN NAS/MCCAINTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.0 FTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEMeridian NAS/Mccain, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NMMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NMM-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 Meridian NAS/Mccain, 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 NMMFIG. C THE WIND AT MERIDIAN NAS/MCCAINPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMeridian NAS/Mccain, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NMMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NMM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Meridian NAS/Mccain, 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 Porterville

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

Near Porterville

River and lake gauges