Citizen station GW7801GW7801
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/323 ft/89 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Flora
Flora, Mississippi
Town in Madison 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°
83°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light air 3 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Flora 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. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 83° today.
Now. Flora is 69° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. 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 10:42 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
65Air quality
81%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8365
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7150
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7545
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7947
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8450
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8751
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8852
overcast
69°
83°65°
71°50°
75°45°
79°47°
84°50°
87°51°
88°52°
As of 12:00 AM in Flora, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Flora
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 17 miles off.
65Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate14.9 mi
- Ozone32Good23 ppb14.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good17 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb17 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm17 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 14
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Flora
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Flora, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Flora, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Flora, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank402of 459
MadisonMBO
At an airfield/14.4 mi away/327 ft/93 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Belhaven Creek At Riverside Drive At Jackson02485810
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.5 mi away/290 ft/56 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MaydayS2110
At a soil climate station/24.9 mi away/108 ft/126 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Flora 2.3 SMS-MD-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/293 ft/59 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Canton CoopCNTM6
At a cooperative observer's station/18.2 mi away/256 ft/22 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Madison, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.4 mi from Flora, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
A few clouds at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
66.2 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Madison, 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 Flora
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.