RaymondJVW
At an airfield/11.5 mi away/246 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Edwards
Edwards, Mississippi
Town in Hinds County, Mississippi* WIND...North winds around 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. * HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity between 30 to 35 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.
54°
71°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 54°·Gentle breeze 9 mph N
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Edwards until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Edwards is 54° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 75°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:41 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
60%Humidity
11%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
54feels54
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
7150
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7545
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7746
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8348
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8649
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8850
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
8952
overcast
54°
71°50°
75°45°
77°46°
83°48°
86°49°
88°50°
89°52°
As of 1:00 AM in Edwards, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Edwards
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 25 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good21.9 mi
- Ozone27Good23 ppb21.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good24.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb24.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm24.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 66YesterdayOct 16
- 39TodayOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Edwards
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 12 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 Edwards, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Edwards, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Edwards, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank387of 464
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.8 mi away/138 ft/104 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Belhaven Creek At Riverside Drive At Jackson02485810
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.3 mi away/290 ft/48 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
OnwardS2033
At a soil climate station/35.2 mi away/100 ft/142 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Edwards 0.1 NMS-HD-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/245 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vicksburg City CoopVICM6
At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/105 ft/137 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Raymond, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Edwards, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
51.8 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 62 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
Calm.
The full report of Raymond, 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 Edwards
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.