Temperature
70 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field
Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field, Mississippi
Small airport in Kemper 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°
84°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 6 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Joe Williams Naval Outlying 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 17 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 84° today.
Now. Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field is 68° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° 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 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
37Air quality
71%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8464
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6747
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7043
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7344
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7846
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8148
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8349
overcast
68°
84°64°
67°47°
70°43°
73°44°
78°46°
81°48°
83°49°
As of 2:00 AM in Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field
Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Ward (AL), 39 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
- Ozone4Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NJW
- ICAO
- KNJW
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 539 ft
- Serves
- Preston
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NJW
- Wind now
- From 210° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:57
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 7,976 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 134° / 314° | 1 mph head, on 13 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Meridian Range (NJW), Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 60 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 2 PM Thursday to 84% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 60F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 71%
- Humidity, range
- 35 to 84%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.8 miles at 9 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 1
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
Meridian Range: 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 Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/534 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Neshoba RAWSRNEM6
A remote fire weather station/16.1 mi away/587 ft/48 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Newton 5 ENE63831
At a climate reference station/35.2 mi away/374 ft/165 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Philadelphia 11.1 ENEMS-NS-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/483 ft/56 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Okatibbee ReservoirMRDM6
At a reservoir/22.3 mi away/390 ft/149 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 Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bogue Chittocommunity, 6 mi
- De Kalbtown, 10 mi
- Tuckercommunity, 15 mi
- Philadelphiacity, 16 mi
- Noxapatertown, 19 mi
- Shuqualaktown, 20 mi
- Scoobatown, 21 mi
- Collinsvillecommunity, 21 mi
- Meridian Stationcommunity, 22 mi
- Portervillecommunity, 23 mi
- Uniontown, 23 mi
- Pearl Rivercommunity, 23 mi
Airports near Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field
- Philadelphia Municipal AirportMPE, 17 mi
- Naval Air Station Meridian / McCain FieldNMM, 24 mi
- Louisville Winston County AirportLMS, 27 mi
- Key Field / Meridian Regional AirportMEI, 33 mi
- George M Bryan AirportSTF, 44 mi
- Golden Triangle Regional AirportGTR, 47 mi
- Columbus Air Force BaseCBM, 63 mi
- Winona-Montgomery County Airport5A6, 69 mi