OnwardS2033
At a soil climate station/3.6 mi away/100 ft/3 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Weather/Mississippi/Cary
Cary, Mississippi
Town in Sharkey 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.
69°
75°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light air 3 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Cary 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.
Now. Cary is 69° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 10 AM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 61): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:44 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
61Air quality
81%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7564
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
7049
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7444
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7846
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8349
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8650
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8952
overcast
69°
75°64°
70°49°
74°44°
78°46°
83°49°
86°50°
89°52°
As of 4:00 AM in Cary, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Cary
Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 55 miles off.
61Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate-
- Ozone22Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 66YesterdayOct 15
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cary
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Cary, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Cary, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cary, 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
Rank342of 459
Onward ScanOONM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/100 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.7 mi away/138 ft/35 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
VicksburgVKS
At an airfield/39.0 mi away/99 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bentonia 7.3 WMS-YZ-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.9 mi away/357 ft/254 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vicksburg City CoopVICM6
At a cooperative observer's station/29.1 mi away/105 ft/2 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Vicksburg, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 39.0 mi from Cary, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
A few clouds at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Vicksburg, 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 Cary
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rolling Forkcity, 8 mi
- Mayersvilletown, 10 mi
- Valley Parkcommunity, 12 mi
- Gracecommunity, 13 mi
- Anguillatown, 13 mi
- Nitta Yumacommunity, 16 mi
- Glen Allancommunity, 16 mi
- Panther Burncommunity, 18 mi
- Eagle Bendcommunity, 20 mi
- Delta Citycommunity, 20 mi
- Louisetown, 23 mi
- Satartiavillage, 24 mi