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West, Mississippi

Town in Holmes County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at West

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 64 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone26Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at West

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. 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 West, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.

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On the radar over West, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest West, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Winona5A6

At an airfield/18.7 mi away/349 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank103of 464

measured daily2 instruments

Vaiden 4.8 WNWMS-CR-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.4 mi away/373 ft/70 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank293of 464

Kosciusko CoopKOSM6

At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/463 ft/160 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank412of 464

Station report

The weather at Winona, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.7 mi from West, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Winona, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5A6FIG. A THE SKY OVER WINONASECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWinona, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 5A6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-5A6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 37.8 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Winona: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.8, 58 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5A6FIG. B THE AIR AT WINONATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.7 FTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 37.8 FSPREAD 14.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEWinona, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5A6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-5A6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Winona, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 5A6FIG. C THE WIND AT WINONAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWinona, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 5A6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-5A6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Winona, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Mississippi

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near West

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near West

River and lake gauges