In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/80 ft/27 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Big Point
Big Point, Mississippi
Community in Jackson County, MississippiFire Weather Watch, in full · Every severe alert
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY... .A cold front will move through the area later today bringing very dry air with RH values falling into the low to mid 30s along with windy conditions with some gusts around 30 mph. The combination of gusty winds, current drought conditions, ample dry fuel, and very dry conditions will allow any fire that develops to spread quickly. * AFFECTED AREA...Pearl River, Hancock, Harrison and Jackson. * WINDS...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 32 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.
70°
85°/66°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 70°·Light air 1 mph NNE
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Big Point until 8 PM tomorrow. 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 14 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 85° today.
Now. Big Point is 70° and mostly clear at 8 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the north-northeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° 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 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
57Air quality
95%Humidity
25%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
70feels70
12%
Today
Oct 16
8566
14%
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7154
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7252
12mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7552
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7753
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7854
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7954
overcast
70°
85°66°
71°54°
72°52°
75°52°
77°53°
78°54°
79°54°
As of 8:00 AM in Big Point, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Big Point
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 35 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate14.9 mi
- Ozone5Good10 ppb14.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb14.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 58YesterdayOct 15
- 48TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Big Point
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Big Point, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Big Point, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Big Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank431of 459
PascagoulaPQL
At an airfield/9.1 mi away/16 ft/37 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.1 mi away/9 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tnc Fort BayouS2082
At a soil climate station/17.3 mi away/43 ft/10 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Moss Point 5.4 NEMS-JC-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/11 ft/42 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ocean SpringsOCSM6
At a cooperative observer's station/21.9 mi away/23 ft/30 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Pascagoula, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.1 mi from Big Point, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:00 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
A few clouds at 400 ft; visibility 6 mi.
The air
70.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.
The wind
From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Pascagoula, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Big Point
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hurleycommunity, 6 mi
- Wadecommunity, 6 mi
- Helenacommunity, 7 mi
- Escatawpacommunity, 8 mi
- Vancleavecommunity, 11 mi
- Moss Pointcity, 13 mi
- Agricolacommunity, 16 mi
- Pascagoulacity, 16 mi
- Gautiercity, 16 mi
- Gulf Park Estatescommunity, 22 mi
- Ocean Springscity, 22 mi
- Mississippi Soundfeature, 22 mi