Wind
Calm at 9 PM Thursday; at its strongest 6 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Airports/Mississippi/Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport
Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport, Mississippi
Small airport in Lincoln County, MississippiRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WIND...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph behind a cold front. * HUMIDITY...Minimum Relative Humidity values between 25 to 40 percent. * FUELS...Critically dry. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures will create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid activities that promote open flames and sparks. A Fire Weather Watch means that the potential for critical fire weather conditions exists. These conditions could promote the rapid spread of wildfires which could become life-threatening. Check www.weather.gov/jan/fireweather for forecast updates and a possible upgrade of this watch to a Red Flag Warning.
67°
85°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Light air 3 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 85° today.
Now. Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport is 67° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
65Air quality
90%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8564
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7050
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7346
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7847
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8250
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8551
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8752
overcast
67°
85°64°
70°50°
73°46°
78°47°
82°50°
85°51°
87°52°
As of 12:00 AM in Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 52 miles off.
65Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate-
- Ozone32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 14
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport
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 Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 1R7
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 489 ft
- Serves
- Brookhaven
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 1R7
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 47° / 227° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Brookhaven (1R7), Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 10 PM Thursday
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Brookhaven: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Brookhaven1R7
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/489 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Copiah RAWSCYSM6
A remote fire weather station/23.8 mi away/499 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Brookhaven 4.0 NNEMS-LN-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/485 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Brookhaven CityBRKM6
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/446 ft/43 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Brookhavencity, 3 mi
- Wessontown, 7 mi
- Beauregardvillage, 8 mi
- Bogue Chittocommunity, 12 mi
- Hazlehurstcity, 18 mi
- Monticellotown, 18 mi
- Summittown, 23 mi
- Georgetowntown, 23 mi
- Silver Creektown, 24 mi
- McCombcity, 25 mi
- New Hebrontown, 27 mi
- Crystal Springscity, 27 mi
Airports near Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport
- McComb-Pike County Airport / John E Lewis FieldMCB, 30 mi
- Columbia-Marion County Airport0R0, 41 mi
- John Bell Williams AirportJVW, 48 mi
- Hawkins FieldHKS, 52 mi
- Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders FieldHEZ, 52 mi
- Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportJAN, 53 mi
- Vicksburg Municipal AirportVKS, 53 mi
- Bruce Campbell FieldMBO, 60 mi