Citizen station FW9957FW9957
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/324 ft/2 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Flowood
Flowood, Mississippi
City in Rankin 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.
67°
83°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Light air 2 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Flowood 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. Flowood is 67° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 51° 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. 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
65Air quality
89%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8364
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7150
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7546
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7947
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8349
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8651
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8852
overcast
67°
83°64°
71°50°
75°46°
79°47°
83°49°
86°51°
88°52°
As of 4:00 AM in Flowood, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Flowood
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 6 miles off.
65Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate7.3 mi
- Ozone22Good27 ppb7.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good7.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm7.3 mi
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 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 Flowood
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 Flowood, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Flowood, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Flowood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank455of 459
At an airfield/2.2 mi away/331 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir02485601
At a reservoir/3.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Flowood 2.9 NEMS-RN-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/279 ft/47 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Canton CoopCNTM6
At a cooperative observer's station/22.6 mi away/256 ft/70 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Jackson/Thompson, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.2 mi from Flowood, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
66.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.
The wind
From the south (190 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Jackson/Thompson, 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 Flowood
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.