Temperature
69 F at 3 AM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 92F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Mid Delta Regional Airport
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Mid Delta Regional 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.
Now. Mid Delta Regional Airport is 69° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 49° 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 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. 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 10:42 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 4:00 AM in Mid Delta Regional Airport, Mississippi.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Cleveland (MS), 24 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18L / 36R | 8,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 9 mph head, on 18L | None |
| 18R / 36L | 7,019 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | 9 mph head, on 18R | None |
Measured here
Every hour from Greenville Muni (GLH), Mid Delta Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 3 AM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 66 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 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 28% at 3 PM Thursday to 76% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the south southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 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
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Greenville Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Mid Delta Regional 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/131 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Scott ScanSCOM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.4 mi away/165 ft/34 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
ScottS2070
At a soil climate station/11.6 mi away/165 ft/34 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Stoneville Exp Station CoopSTNM6
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/121 ft/10 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Leland 0.3 NWMS-WS-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/128 ft/3 ft below 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.