Airports/Mississippi/Olive Branch Airport
Now. Olive Branch Airport is 74° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 8 mph, gusting to 21 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 60): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Olive Branch Airport, Mississippi.
Air quality
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Memphis (TN), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 6,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 7 mph head, on 18 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Olive Branch (OLV), Olive Branch Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 10 PM Thursday; 91 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 57 F, the air 57% saturated; the humidity ran from 30% at 3 PM Thursday to 67% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the south southwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 15 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.01 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 5,500 ft at 1 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Olive Branch: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Olive Branch 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
Olive BranchOLV
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/402 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ms Holly Springs 4 NHSPM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.7 mi away/482 ft/80 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Holly Springs 4 N23803
At a climate reference station/23.0 mi away/484 ft/82 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Olive Branch 1.2 EMS-DS-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/381 ft/21 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Waste Water Trtmnt Plt Man.PrecipOLBM6
At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/322 ft/80 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.