Temperature
66 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field
Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field, Mississippi
Small airport in Adams 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.
66°
81°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Calm 1 mph S
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field 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 11 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 81° today.
Now. Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field is 66° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
96%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8161
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7050
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7546
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7947
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8451
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8552
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8753
overcast
66°
81°61°
70°50°
75°46°
79°47°
84°51°
85°52°
87°53°
As of 1:00 AM in Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field, Mississippi.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field
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 Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HEZ
- ICAO
- KHEZ
- IATA
- HEZ
- Field elevation
- 272 ft
- Serves
- Natchez
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HEZ
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 6,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 5,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Natchez/Hardy(AWOS) (HEZ), Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the south southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 7 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 7 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.1 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.1mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 4
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
- 0.00in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Natchez/Hardy(AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field, 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/272 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bude RAWSBDEM6
A remote fire weather station/30.1 mi away/420 ft/148 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Natchez City CoopNATM6
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/230 ft/42 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Natchez 3.5 EMS-AD-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/185 ft/87 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Morgantowncommunity, 4 mi
- Natchezcity, 7 mi
- Cloverdalecommunity, 11 mi
- Fayettecity, 15 mi
- Roxietown, 15 mi
- Alcorn State Universitycommunity, 20 mi
- Meadvilletown, 26 mi
- Crosbytown, 27 mi
- Budetown, 29 mi
- Port Gibsoncity, 30 mi
- Pattisoncommunity, 30 mi
- Glostertown, 33 mi
Airports near Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field
- Vicksburg Municipal AirportVKS, 48 mi
- Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport1R7, 52 mi
- McComb-Pike County Airport / John E Lewis FieldMCB, 57 mi
- John Bell Williams AirportJVW, 71 mi
- Hawkins FieldHKS, 80 mi
- Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportJAN, 86 mi
- Bruce Campbell FieldMBO, 90 mi
- Columbia-Marion County Airport0R0, 90 mi