LaurelLUL
At an airfield/8.9 mi away/239 ft/74 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Sharon
Sharon, 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.
62°
89°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Calm 1 mph WNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Sharon 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. Sharon is 62° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 2 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 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 86°, 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
52Air quality
96%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
62feels62
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8961
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7150
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7346
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7746
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8148
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8449
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8650
overcast
62°
89°61°
71°50°
73°46°
77°46°
81°48°
84°49°
86°50°
As of 4:00 AM in Sharon, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Sharon
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Hattiesburg (MS), 34 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 67, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 67YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sharon
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 Sharon, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Sharon, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sharon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank61of 459
Desoto National Forest - RAWS Fire WeathLAUM6
A remote fire weather station/22.0 mi away/269 ft/44 ft below here
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Citizen station GW5434GW5434
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.5 mi away/181 ft/132 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Newton 5 ENE63831
At a climate reference station/37.6 mi away/374 ft/61 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Laurel CoopLUPM6
At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/233 ft/80 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Laurel 7.6 EMS-JN-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/262 ft/51 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Laurel, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from Sharon, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
61.0 F with a dew point of 59.5 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 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 Sharon
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sandersvilletown, 4 mi
- Laurelcity, 7 mi
- Heidelbergtown, 10 mi
- Sosotown, 10 mi
- Ellisvillecity, 14 mi
- Bay Springscity, 17 mi
- Taylorsvilletown, 20 mi
- Ovettcommunity, 21 mi
- Pachutatown, 22 mi
- Mosellecommunity, 22 mi
- Louintown, 22 mi
- Sylvarenavillage, 22 mi