Temperature
62 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Winona-Montgomery County Airport
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Winona-Montgomery 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 8 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 76° today.
Now. Winona-Montgomery County Airport is 61° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 54): 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 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Winona-Montgomery County Airport, Mississippi.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cleveland (MS), 60 miles off.
Yesterday measured 40, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 4,000 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 30° / 210° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Winona (5A6), Winona-Montgomery County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
62 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 59 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 4 PM Thursday to 91% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 6,500 ft at 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Winona: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Winona-Montgomery County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Winona5A6
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/349 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/31.9 mi away/118 ft/246 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Winona 5E CoopWNOM6
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/390 ft/26 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Vaiden 4.8 WNWMS-CR-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/373 ft/9 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.