Beasley Lake ScanBSYM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.6 mi away/115 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Moorhead
Moorhead, 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.
70°
72°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light air 3 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Moorhead 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. Moorhead is 70° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 60° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 12 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. 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 10:40 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
54Air quality
66%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7265
clear day
Today
Oct 16
7248
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
7043
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
7747
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7951
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
8553
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
8854
clear day
70°
72°65°
72°48°
70°43°
77°47°
79°51°
85°53°
88°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Moorhead, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Moorhead
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cleveland (MS), 24 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate24.8 mi
- Ozone35Good38 ppb24.8 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Moorhead
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Moorhead, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Moorhead, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Moorhead, 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 now4 instruments
Rank314of 459
Beasley LakeS2032
At a soil climate station/9.6 mi away/115 ft/1 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/24.3 mi away/154 ft/38 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW5442FW5442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.0 mi away/152 ft/36 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Moorhead 0.4 NMS-SF-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/118 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BelzoniBLZM6
At a cooperative observer's station/18.9 mi away/115 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Greenwood/Leflore, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 24.3 mi from Moorhead, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 60.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Greenwood/Leflore, 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 Belzoni (BLZM6), 18.9 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 Moorhead
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sunflowertown, 7 mi
- Indianolacity, 8 mi
- Invernesstown, 9 mi
- Morgan Citytown, 10 mi
- Mississippi Valley State Universitycommunity, 10 mi
- Itta Benacity, 11 mi
- Isolatown, 14 mi
- Doddsvilletown, 15 mi
- Schlatertown, 16 mi
- Sidontown, 17 mi
- Crugertown, 18 mi
- Belzonicity, 19 mi