Petal, MS Weather Forecast
Forrest County, Mississippi
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Petal, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Petal, MS at a glance
Petal is home to about 11,403 people in Forrest County, across 17 square miles. It ranks 37th by population of 85 places in Mississippi with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Hattiesburg, 6 miles away.
- County
- Forrest County
- Population
- 11,403 2023 est.
- Land area
- 17 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 674
- Forecast point
- 31.3482°N, 89.2351°W
How well can the network see Petal?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMOB (Mobile, AL), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 6,300 ft above Petal. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Petal can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KHBG (Hattiesburg/Chain Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Petal
- Hattiesburg, MS6 mi
- Ellisville, MS17 mi
- Laurel, MS25 mi
- Wiggins, MS34 mi
- Columbia, MS35 mi
- Poplarville, MS39 mi
- Waynesboro, MS42 mi
- Leakesville, MS42 mi
Elsewhere in Mississippi
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