Temperature
65 F at 1 AM; 92 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 92F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Columbus Air Force Base
Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi
Medium airport in Lowndes 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.
65°
82°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Light air 1 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Columbus 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. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 82° today.
Now. Columbus Air Force Base is 65° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:31 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.
0UV Low
26Air quality
88%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8263
20mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6947
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7242
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7543
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8045
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8347
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8548
overcast
65°
82°63°
69°47°
72°42°
75°43°
80°45°
83°47°
85°48°
As of 2:00 AM in Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Columbus Air Force Base
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Tupelo (MS), 45 miles off.
26Good
- Ozone26Good-
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Columbus Air Force Base
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Columbus Air Force Base, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CBM
- ICAO
- KCBM
- IATA
- CBM
- Field elevation
- 219 ft
- Serves
- Columbus
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CBM
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13C / 31C | 12,004 ft | 300 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 134° / 314° | Calm | Calm |
| 13L / 31R | 8,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 135° / 315° | Calm | Calm |
| 13R / 31L | 6,320 ft | 175 ft | Concrete | 134° / 314° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Columbus AFB (CBM), Columbus Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 32% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 32 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
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
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
Columbus AFB: 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 Columbus 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
Columbus AFBCBM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/220 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MonroeMFCM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.8 mi away/446 ft/227 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
StarkvilleS2064
At a soil climate station/22.8 mi away/340 ft/121 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Hamilton 4.1 SMS-MN-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/214 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Columbus CoopCUSM6
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/187 ft/32 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Columbus Coop (CUSM6), 12.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Columbus Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Columbus AFBcommunity, 1 mi
- New Hamiltoncommunity, 7 mi
- Caledoniatown, 7 mi
- Hamiltoncommunity, 7 mi
- Columbuscity, 10 mi
- West Pointcity, 12 mi
- Aberdeencity, 14 mi
- New Hopecommunity, 14 mi
- Artesiatown, 20 mi
- Gattmanvillage, 21 mi
- Hatleytown, 23 mi
- Amorycity, 24 mi
Airports near Columbus Air Force Base
- Golden Triangle Regional AirportGTR, 16 mi
- Monroe County AirportM40, 16 mi
- George M Bryan AirportSTF, 27 mi
- Tupelo Regional AirportTUP, 47 mi
- Louisville Winston County AirportLMS, 50 mi
- Tishomingo County Airport01M, 60 mi
- Joe Williams Naval Outlying FieldNJW, 63 mi
- Philadelphia Municipal AirportMPE, 70 mi