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Rankin County, Mississippi, United States

Last updated: 6:58 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
34°C
Feels like 38°
Mostly Clear
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
4 mph SW
Humidity
51%
Dew Point
21°
Pressure
29.50 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
2.5
Cloud Cover
11%
Sunrise
6:22 AM
Sunset
7:46 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Rankin County is currently mostly clear at 34°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2315 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:22AM · Sunset: 7:46PM.

32 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
34°
5%
7 PM
33°
4%
8 PM
32°
4%
9 PM
29°
3%
10 PM
28°
3%
11 PM
28°
3%
12 AM
27°
3%
1 AM
26°
3%
2 AM
26°
3%
3 AM
26°
3%
4 AM
25°
3%
5 AM
24°
3%
6 AM
24°
3%
7 AM
26°
3%
8 AM
27°
3%
9 AM
30°
3%
10 AM
31°
3%
11 AM
32°
3%
12 PM
33°
3%
1 PM
36°
4%
2 PM
36°
4%
3 PM
36°
4%
4 PM
36°
4%
5 PM
34°
8%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
36° 24°
Mostly Clear.
Thu
38° 24°
Mostly Clear.
Fri
38° 23°
Clear.
Sat
39° 23°
Clear.
Sun
39° 25°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
38° 25°
Mostly Clear with a 26% chance of rain.
Tue
39° 24°
Mostly Clear with a 31% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 34° Mostly Clear 5% 4 mph SW 51%
7 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 4% 4 mph WSW 55%
8 PM 32° Mostly Clear 4% 4 mph SW 58%
9 PM 29° Clear 3% 4 mph SW 60%
10 PM 28° Clear 3% 4 mph SSW 64%
11 PM 28° Clear 3% 4 mph SSW 67%
12 AM 27° Clear 3% 5 mph SSW 70%
1 AM 26° Clear 3% 5 mph SSW 74%
2 AM 26° Clear 3% 6 mph SW 79%
3 AM 26° Clear 3% 5 mph SW 83%
4 AM 25° Clear 3% 5 mph SW 85%
5 AM 24° Clear 3% 5 mph SW 87%
6 AM 24° Clear 3% 5 mph SW 89%
7 AM 26° Clear 3% 7 mph WSW 82%
8 AM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WSW 74%
9 AM 30° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WSW 67%
10 AM 31° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WSW 61%
11 AM 32° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WSW 56%
12 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph WSW 50%
1 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 4% 7 mph WSW 48%
2 PM 36° Mostly Clear 4% 7 mph SW 47%
3 PM 36° Mostly Clear 4% 7 mph SW 46%
4 PM 36° Mostly Clear 4% 6 mph SW 48%
5 PM 34° Mostly Clear 8% 5 mph SW 51%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/12
Mostly Clear
5%
24°
36°
Thu
8/13
Mostly Clear
8%
24°
38°
Fri
8/14
Clear
3%
23°
38°
Sat
8/15
Clear
13%
23°
39°
Sun
8/16
Mostly Clear
15%
25°
39°
Mon
8/17
Mostly Clear
26%
25°
38°
Tue
8/18
Mostly Clear
31%
24°
39°
Wed
8/19
Partly Cloudy
31%
24°
40°
Thu
8/20
Overcast
35%
23°
41°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
53%
23°
41°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
52%
24°
40°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
60%
23°
39°
Mon
8/24
Drizzle
60%
23°
39°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
22°
38°
Wed
8/26
Drizzle
60%
22°
38°
32
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
32 AQI 5.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
30 AQI 32 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Thu 32 Good 30 32
Fri 23 Good 23 23
Sat 56 Moderate 31 56
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Wed Aug 12, 22:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1806 J/kg
MLCAPE1491 J/kg
MUCAPE1806 J/kg
SBCIN-62 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-3.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear10 kt
0–1 km Shear5 kt
Eff. Shear5 kt
0–1 km SRH22
0–3 km SRH47
Eff. SRH47
Storm Motion327° @ 15 kt
0–1 km EHI0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index32.2
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.69 in
0–3 km LR7.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals46.6
LCL829 hPa
LFC791 hPa
EL171 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,503 ft