Temperature
58 F at 5 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 12 PM Friday, and 58 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 58F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 12 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Keesler Air Force Base
Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi
Medium airport in Harrison County, MississippiRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TODAY... .A cold front is introducing some very dry air with RH values falling into the low to mid 30s along with windy conditions with some gusts well into the 30 mph range. Winds are expected to continue in the mid 20 mph range today. The combination of gusty winds, current drought conditions, ample dry fuel, and very dry conditions will allow any fire that develops to spread quickly. A Red Flag Warnings will continue for a large portion of the area today. This headline will drop by Sunday, but only the wind speeds will cause this change. The dry, breezy conditions will remain causing favorable conditions for fire spread. * AFFECTED AREA...Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Washington, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Assumption, St. James, Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, Northern Tangipahoa, Walthall, Southeast St. Tammany, Pearl River, Northern St. Tammany, Southwestern St. Tammany, Hancock, Central Tangipahoa, Harrison, Lower Tangipahoa, Jackson, Northern Livingston, Southern Livingston, Western Ascension and Eastern Ascension. * WINDS...North 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. 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 can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
57°
74°/55°
Clear·
Feels like 57°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Keesler Air Force Base 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.
Now. Keesler Air Force Base is 57° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 74°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:39 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, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
55%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
57feels57
15mph
Today
Oct 17
7455
20mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7454
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7654
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7855
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7955
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7956
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
8057
overcast
57°
74°55°
74°54°
76°54°
78°55°
79°55°
79°56°
80°57°
As of 6:00 AM in Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Keesler Air Force Base
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Mississippi Gulf Coast (MS), 11 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good7.9 mi
- Ozone26Good24 ppb7.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.7 ppb23.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb23.1 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerate
- 45YesterdayOct 16
- 42TodayOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Keesler Air Force Base
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. 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 Keesler Air Force Base, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BIX
- ICAO
- KBIX
- IATA
- BIX
- Field elevation
- 33 ft
- Serves
- Biloxi
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BIX
- Wind now
- From 20° at 14 mph, read 17 Oct, 05:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,630 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 35° / 215° | 14 mph head, on 04 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Keesler AFB/Biloxi (BIX), Keesler Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 55% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 3 AM to 85% at 7 AM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 55%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 85%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the north northeast at 5 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 3 AM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.20 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.20inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.17inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,300 ft at 2 PM Friday; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,300ft
- 2 PM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
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
Keesler AFB/Biloxi: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Keesler Air Force Base, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/33 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wool Market - Camp KellerCKWM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/153 ft/120 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tnc Fort BayouS2082
At a soil climate station/11.7 mi away/43 ft/10 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Biloxi 0.9 SSWMS-HR-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/33 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BiloxiBLXM6
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/39 ft/6 ft above 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 Keesler Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Biloxicity, 2 mi
- D'Ibervillecity, 3 mi
- St. Martincommunity, 4 mi
- Gulf Hillscommunity, 6 mi
- Latimercommunity, 7 mi
- Ocean Springscity, 8 mi
- Gulf Park Estatescommunity, 10 mi
- Gulfportcity, 10 mi
- Lymancommunity, 14 mi
- Long Beachcity, 15 mi
- Gautiercity, 16 mi
- Vancleavecommunity, 19 mi
Airports near Keesler Air Force Base
- Gulfport Biloxi International AirportGPT, 9 mi
- Trent Lott International AirportPQL, 24 mi
- Stennis International AirportHSA, 32 mi
- Picayune Municipal AirportMJD, 44 mi
- Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal AirportHBG, 62 mi
- Hattiesburg Laurel Regional AirportPIB, 77 mi
- Columbia-Marion County Airport0R0, 81 mi
- Hesler Noble FieldLUL, 88 mi