Weather & Water Conditions
Current Observations & Forecasts, Ocean Springs, MS
- GCRL Weather Station, live streaming data - dry-bulb temperature, dewpoint, relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, wind gust speed, and solar radiation. The data is provided by the GCRL Center for Plant Restoration. It is published live via wunderground.com as station KMSOCEAN9.
- National Weather Service
- NWS Quick Forecast
- Weather Underground
- NOAA Current Conditions, Forecasts, Watches and Warnings
NWS Marine Forecasts
- Coastal Waters Forecast, Pascagoula to Atchafalaya River Out 60 nm.
Includes separate forecasts for 10 areas on the coast of Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana; select the most relevant forecast area for your purposes. Both sources provide the same forecast information.
- National Data Buoy System (easier to read format)
- National Weather Service (includes previous 50 forecasts)
- Offshore Waters Forecast
- Clickable map for offshore forecasts for all U.S. waters
- Gulf of Mexico
NOAA Observations Along the Coast
Current Conditions, Forecasts, Watches and Warnings for Mississippi
Tropical Weather
Tides
- Tide, Sun & Moon Tables for Mississippi
- NOAA Tide Predictions, all coastal states
NOAA National Data Buoy Center
- NDBC Home, with clickable station map
- GPOM6 - 30.230 N 88.982 W (30°13'48" N 88°58'55" W)
1.35 miles NNW of Fort Massachusetts on West Ship Island - 42067 - 30.043 N 88.649 W (30°2'36" N 88°38'57" W)
26 miles SSE of GCRL - PTBM6 - 30.213 N 88.500 W (30°12'47" N 88°30'0" W)
West end of Petit Bois Island, MS - GWPM6 - 30.348 N 89.087 W (30°20'53" N 89°5'13" W)
West Pier, Gulfport, MS - DKCM6 - 30.355 N 88.567 W (30°21'18" N 88°34'1" W)
Dock C, Pascagoula, MS - GDXM6 - 30.359 N 88.420 W (30°21'33" N 88°25'12" W)
Grand Bay Reserve, MS
Radar
Winds
NOAA Observations
Shell Beach, LA Grand Bay NERR, MS Pilottown, LA Petit Bois Island, MS Grand Isle, LA Dauphin Island, AL Gulfport Outer Range, MS Fort Morgan, AL Range A Rear, Port of Pascagoula
Sailflow Forecast
- Graphical Summary of current local wind observations. Map view
- Biloxi
- Ship Island
- Gulfport/Biloxi Airport
- Mississippi Canyon South
Aviation Weather
Satellite
Stream Flow
USGS Real-Time Water Data for Mississippi
Stations ordered from west to east. Additional stations also available.
- Summary of available salinity data for local stations
- East Pearl River at CSX Railroad NR Claiborne, MS (height, temperature, conductance, salinity)
- Mississippi Sound USGS St Joseph Island Light (height, temperature, conductance, salinity)
- Mississippi Sound USGS Merrill Shell Bank Light (height, temperature, conductance, salinity)
- Back Bay of Biloxi Near Biloxi, MS (height, temperature, conductance, salinity)
- Mississippi Sound USGS Gulfport Light (height, temperature, conductance, salinity)
- Mississippi Sound USGS East Ship Island Light (height, temperature, conductance, salinity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen)
- Biloxi Bay at Point Cadet Harbor, Biloxi, MS (height, temperature, conductance, salinity)
- Mississippi Sound USGS Round Island Light (height, temperature, conductance, salinity)
- West Pascagoula River at HWY 90 at Gautier, MS (height, temperature, conductance, salinity)
Air Quality
- National Weather Service, southern Mississippi Valley
Other
- NOAA Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecast System (HAB-OFS)
- NOAA Astronomical Data
- NOAA PORTS (Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System)