Onward ScanOONM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/100 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Valley Park
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Valley Park until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Valley Park is 53° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 10 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 89°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 75°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:41 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 day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Valley Park, Mississippi.
Air quality
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 46 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Valley Park, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Valley Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Onward ScanOONM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/100 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
OnwardS2033
At a soil climate station/8.7 mi away/100 ft/7 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.5 mi away/138 ft/45 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
VicksburgVKS
At an airfield/28.2 mi away/99 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Vicksburg 6.9 NEMS-WR-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.9 mi away/270 ft/177 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vicksburg City CoopVICM6
At a cooperative observer's station/17.9 mi away/105 ft/12 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 28.2 mi from Valley Park, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
51.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.
From the north (350 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.
The full report of Vicksburg, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.