Temperature
64 F at 1 PM; 94 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 10 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 1 PM
- Highest
- 94F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Tunica Municipal Airport
Tunica Municipal Airport, Mississippi
Small airport in Tunica County, Mississippi64°
70°/58°
Overcast·
Feels like 64°·Fresh breeze 22 mph NNW
Now. Tunica Municipal Airport is 64° and overcast at 1 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
5UV Moderate
25Air quality
39%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
64feels64
22mph
Today
Oct 16
7058
12%
20mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6845
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7339
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7742
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8044
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8346
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8647
overcast
64°
70°58°
68°45°
73°39°
77°42°
80°44°
83°46°
86°47°
As of 1:00 PM in Tunica Municipal Airport, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Tunica Municipal Airport
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Hernando (MS), 23 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good22.5 mi
- Ozone25Good25 ppb22.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 53YesterdayOct 15
- 42TodayOct 16
- 39SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tunica Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Tunica Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- UTA
- ICAO
- KUTA
- IATA
- UTM
- Field elevation
- 194 ft
- Serves
- Tunica
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- UTA
- Wind now
- From 330° at 24 mph, read 16 Oct, 13:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 8,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 167° / 347° | 23 mph head, on 35 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Tunica Municipal Airport (UTA), Tunica Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 39% saturated; the humidity ran from 26% at 3 PM Thursday to 76% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 1 PM
- Humidity now
- 39%
- Humidity, range
- 26 to 76%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
24 mph from the north northwest at 1 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 35 mph at 6 AM.
- Now
- 24mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.23 inHg at 1 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.23inHg
- 1 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.23inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 5 PM Thursday
- 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 2,500 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 7,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,500ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
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
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Tunica Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/194 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TunicaS2034
At a soil climate station/3.7 mi away/260 ft/66 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Tunica ScanTNAM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.9 mi away/260 ft/66 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sarah 4.6 NEMS-TT-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.3 mi away/308 ft/114 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Arkabutla DamARKM6
At a dam/13.6 mi away/211 ft/17 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 Tunica Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Tunica Municipal Airport
- Fletcher FieldCKM, 28 mi
- Panola County AirportPMU, 34 mi
- Olive Branch AirportOLV, 38 mi
- University Oxford AirportUOX, 51 mi
- Cleveland Municipal AirportRNV, 68 mi
- Greenwood-Leflore AirportGWO, 84 mi
- Mid Delta Regional AirportGLH, 91 mi
- Winona-Montgomery County Airport5A6, 91 mi