Temperature
71 F at 10 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 92F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 62F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Hawkins Field
Hawkins Field, Mississippi
Small airport in Hinds 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.
71°
93°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light air 2 mph S
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Hawkins Field until 8 PM tomorrow. 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 10 degrees cooler: a high of 83° after 93° today.
Now. Hawkins Field is 71° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
65Air quality
68%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9364
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8365
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7150
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7546
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7948
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8451
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8752
overcast
71°
93°64°
83°65°
71°50°
75°46°
79°48°
84°51°
87°52°
As of 11:00 PM in Hawkins Field, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Hawkins Field
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 3 miles off.
65Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate1.2 mi
- Ozone32Good23 ppb1.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good2.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb2.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm2.2 mi
The days ahead
Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 14
- 51TodayOct 15
- 42FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hawkins Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Hawkins Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HKS
- ICAO
- KHKS
- IATA
- HKS
- Field elevation
- 341 ft
- Serves
- Jackson
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HKS
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 3,431 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 115° / 295° | Calm | Calm |
| 16 / 34 | 5,387 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 159° / 339° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jackson/Hawkins Field (HKS), Hawkins Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 29% at 4 PM to 87% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 66%
- Humidity, range
- 29 to 87%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
0 mph from the east southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 17 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 0mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 7 AM
- 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
Jackson/Hawkins Field: 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 Hawkins Field, 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/341 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Copiah RAWSCYSM6
A remote fire weather station/28.2 mi away/499 ft/158 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Jackson 3.5 ENEMS-HD-34
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/318 ft/23 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Canton CoopCNTM6
At a cooperative observer's station/25.7 mi away/256 ft/85 ft below 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 Hawkins Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Hawkins Field
- Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportJAN, 9 mi
- Bruce Campbell FieldMBO, 10 mi
- John Bell Williams AirportJVW, 11 mi
- Vicksburg Municipal AirportVKS, 42 mi
- Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport1R7, 52 mi
- Philadelphia Municipal AirportMPE, 71 mi
- Columbia-Marion County Airport0R0, 76 mi
- Hesler Noble FieldLUL, 77 mi