Sandy Ridge ScanSRXM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/138 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Drew
Drew, Mississippi
City in Sunflower 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.
68°
72°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 6 mph WSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Drew 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. Drew is 68° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 6 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. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:39 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
64%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7262
21mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6848
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7342
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7745
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8048
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8449
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8752
overcast
68°
72°62°
68°48°
73°42°
77°45°
80°48°
84°49°
87°52°
As of 4:00 AM in Drew, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Drew
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Cleveland (MS), 12 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate12.4 mi
- Ozone36Good33 ppb12.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Drew
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 Drew, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Drew, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Drew, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank322of 459
Sandy RidgeS2109
At a soil climate station/10.7 mi away/138 ft/level with here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
ClevelandRNV
At an airfield/13.4 mi away/138 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW5442FW5442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.9 mi away/152 ft/14 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Doddsville 4.0 WMS-SF-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/134 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cleveland CoopCLEM6
At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/135 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Cleveland, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.4 mi from Drew, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
68.7 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.
The wind
From the south (180 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Cleveland, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Cleveland Coop (CLEM6), 12.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Drew
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rulevillecity, 6 mi
- Doddsvilletown, 10 mi
- Renovatown, 11 mi
- Merigoldtown, 11 mi
- Clevelandcity, 12 mi
- Mound Bayoucity, 12 mi
- Boyletown, 13 mi
- Glendoravillage, 14 mi
- Webbtown, 14 mi
- Sumnertown, 14 mi
- Winstonvilletown, 14 mi
- Tutwilertown, 16 mi