Temperature
69 F at 10 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 65 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 69F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 89F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 65F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Harrison County Airport until 1 AM Saturday. 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 21 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 91° today.
Now. Harrison County Airport is 68° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 59° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
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.
As of 11:00 PM in Harrison County Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Shreveport (LA), 33 miles off.
Highest 56, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 unlit | 3,299 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 22° / 202° | Calm | Calm |
| 15 / 33 | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 157° / 337° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Marshall (ASL), Harrison County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 10 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 65 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 69 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 4 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 5 hours; 8 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 7 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
Marshall: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Harrison County 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 now2 instruments
MarshallASL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/357 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/14.7 mi away/200 ft/157 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Marshall 3.1 ETX-HRS-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/358 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MarshallMLLT2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/348 ft/9 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Marshall (MLLT2), 2.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.