Temperature
67 F at 12 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Golden Triangle Regional Airport
Golden Triangle Regional Airport, 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.
68°
82°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 7 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Golden Triangle 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. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 82° today.
Now. Golden Triangle Regional Airport is 68° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 7 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 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 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
32Air quality
82%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8264
20mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6848
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7242
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7543
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7946
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8247
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8448
overcast
68°
82°64°
68°48°
72°42°
75°43°
79°46°
82°47°
84°48°
As of 1:00 AM in Golden Triangle Regional Airport, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Golden Triangle Regional Airport
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tupelo (MS), 56 miles off.
32Good
- Ozone32Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Golden Triangle Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Golden Triangle Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GTR
- ICAO
- KGTR
- IATA
- GTR
- Field elevation
- 264 ft
- Serves
- Columbus/W Point/Starkville
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GTR
- Wind now
- From 190° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 8,003 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 7 mph head, on 18 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Golden Tri(AWOS) (GTR), Golden Triangle Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 4 PM Thursday to 90% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 35 to 90%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 9 AM Thursday
- 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
Golden Tri(AWOS): 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 Golden Triangle 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/262 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
StarkvilleS2064
At a soil climate station/11.0 mi away/340 ft/76 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Starkville ScanSTKM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/340 ft/76 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Columbus 11.0 SWMS-LW-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/231 ft/33 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
On a college campus/11.1 mi away/282 ft/18 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 Golden Triangle Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Artesiatown, 4 mi
- Columbuscity, 10 mi
- Crawfordtown, 10 mi
- West Pointcity, 11 mi
- Mississippi Statecommunity, 12 mi
- Starkvillecity, 13 mi
- New Hopecommunity, 15 mi
- Columbus AFBcommunity, 15 mi
- Brooksvilletown, 15 mi
- Longviewcommunity, 20 mi
- New Hamiltoncommunity, 22 mi
- Caledoniatown, 22 mi
Airports near Golden Triangle Regional Airport
- George M Bryan AirportSTF, 15 mi
- Columbus Air Force BaseCBM, 16 mi
- Monroe County AirportM40, 30 mi
- Louisville Winston County AirportLMS, 34 mi
- Joe Williams Naval Outlying FieldNJW, 47 mi
- Philadelphia Municipal AirportMPE, 55 mi
- Tupelo Regional AirportTUP, 57 mi
- Naval Air Station Meridian / McCain FieldNMM, 62 mi