Temperature
59 F at 6 AM; 93 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 59F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 93F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/John Bell Williams Airport
John Bell Williams Airport, 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.
60°
81°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 60°·Calm 1 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for John Bell Williams 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 10 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 81° today.
Now. John Bell Williams Airport is 60° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 12 PM. 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 55): 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 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
55Air quality
100%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
60feels60
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8163
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7149
20mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7444
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7946
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8348
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8650
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8851
overcast
60°
81°63°
71°49°
74°44°
79°46°
83°48°
86°50°
88°51°
As of 6:00 AM in John Bell Williams Airport, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at John Bell Williams Airport
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 14 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate11.2 mi
- Ozone26Good32 ppb11.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good13.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb13.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 66YesterdayOct 15
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at John Bell Williams Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 John Bell Williams Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JVW
- ICAO
- KJVW
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 247 ft
- Serves
- Raymond
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JVW
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 06:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 5,499 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Raymond (JVW), John Bell Williams Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 29% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 29 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 6 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 14 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 14mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 3 AM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Raymond: 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 John Bell Williams Airport, 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 now3 instruments
RaymondJVW
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/246 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Copiah RAWSCYSM6
A remote fire weather station/24.5 mi away/499 ft/252 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MaydayS2110
At a soil climate station/39.1 mi away/108 ft/139 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Clinton 3.8 SWMS-HD-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/250 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Crystal Spring Exp Sta CoopCRSM6
At a cooperative observer's station/23.4 mi away/476 ft/229 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 John Bell Williams Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near John Bell Williams Airport
- Hawkins FieldHKS, 11 mi
- Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportJAN, 19 mi
- Bruce Campbell FieldMBO, 20 mi
- Vicksburg Municipal AirportVKS, 31 mi
- Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport1R7, 48 mi
- Natchez-Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders FieldHEZ, 71 mi
- McComb-Pike County Airport / John E Lewis FieldMCB, 78 mi
- Columbia-Marion County Airport0R0, 78 mi