Storm Station
Bassfield, Mississippi
68°
Mostly clear· Feels like 68°·Calm 0 mph N
Mostly sunny. High near 90, with temperatures falling to around 86 in the afternoon. North northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
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-Air quality
87%Humidity
21%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Bassfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Columbia0R0

At an airfield/14.5 mi away/259 ft/214 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 263

Covington RAWSRHCM6

A remote fire weather station/21.9 mi away/420 ft/53 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank87of 263

measured daily2 instruments

Columbia 11.9 NMS-MR-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/453 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Prentiss CoopPREM6

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/344 ft/129 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Columbia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Bassfield. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:55 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 Columbia, 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 0R0FIG. A THE SKY OVER COLUMBIASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEColumbia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0R0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-0R0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Columbia: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0R0FIG. B THE AIR AT COLUMBIATHE 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.7 FTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEColumbia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0R0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-0R0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Columbia, 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 0R0FIG. C THE WIND AT COLUMBIAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEColumbia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0R0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-0R0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Mississippi

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Near Bassfield

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