Pearl River At Ross Barnett Reservoir02485601
At a reservoir/2.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Mississippi/Gatorland Beach
Gatorland Beach, Mississippi
Beach in Rankin 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°
82°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 64°·Light air 4 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Gatorland Beach 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 11 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 82° today.
Now. Gatorland Beach is 64° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 6 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 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. 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 10:42 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
55Air quality
93%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
64feels64
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8265
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7150
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7546
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7948
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8350
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8651
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8852
overcast
64°
82°65°
71°50°
75°46°
79°48°
83°50°
86°51°
88°52°
As of 6:00 AM in Gatorland Beach, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Gatorland Beach
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 5 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate5.6 mi
- Ozone26Good28 ppb5.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good5.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb5.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 66YesterdayOct 15
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gatorland Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Gatorland Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Rankin County
- State
- Mississippi
- Latitude
- 32.3743° N
- Longitude
- 90.1023° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Gatorland Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW9957FW9957
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/324 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/4.0 mi away/331 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Jackson 7.1 NEMS-HD-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/284 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Canton CoopCNTM6
At a cooperative observer's station/20.9 mi away/256 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Gatorland Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Beaches near Gatorland Beach
- Belhaven Beach5 mi
- Collinsville Beach76 mi
- Longfield Sandbar109 mi
- Breakover Sandbar109 mi
- Perk Beach123 mi
- Lower Lake Beach141 mi
- Preservation Oaks Beach Park151 mi
- Clermont Harbor Beach152 mi