Desoto National Forest - RAWS Fire WeathLAUM6
A remote fire weather station/8.9 mi away/269 ft/64 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Ovett
Ovett, Mississippi
Community in Jones 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.
64°
89°/62°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 64°·Calm 1 mph WSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Ovett 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 18 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 89° today.
Now. Ovett is 64° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 1 PM. 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 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 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
95%Humidity
19%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
64feels64
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8962
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7150
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7247
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7747
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8149
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8349
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8550
overcast
64°
89°62°
71°50°
72°47°
77°47°
81°49°
83°49°
85°50°
As of 2:00 AM in Ovett, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Ovett
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Hattiesburg (MS), 19 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate19.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 67, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 67YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ovett
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Ovett, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Ovett, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Ovett, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank80of 459
Citizen station GW6243GW6243
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.6 mi away/273 ft/68 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
LaurelLUL
At an airfield/15.3 mi away/239 ft/34 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Richton 3.4 NMS-PY-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/230 ft/25 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Laurel CoopLUPM6
At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/233 ft/28 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Laurel, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 15.3 mi from Ovett, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
62.6 F with a dew point of 60.4 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Laurel, 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 Ovett
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Runnelstowncommunity, 9 mi
- Richtontown, 11 mi
- Ellisvillecity, 13 mi
- Mosellecommunity, 15 mi
- Eastabuchiecommunity, 15 mi
- Laurelcity, 15 mi
- Petalcity, 16 mi
- Glendalecommunity, 18 mi
- Hattiesburgcity, 19 mi
- New Augustatown, 20 mi
- Sandersvilletown, 21 mi
- Sharoncommunity, 21 mi