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MISSISSIPPI · SHARKEY COUNTY

Nitta Yuma

8 people, 110 ft above sea level in Sharkey County.

110 ftElevation, city center
8People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Clear 45°
Clear now Dew point 32° · N 3 mph · high 48°
City of Nitta Yuma River Interstate 2 miles
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The Nitta Yuma plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Nitta Yuma

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Vicksburg / Tallulah Regional Airport (KTVR) · 5:53 PM
Clear
45° Clear Feels like 44° · high of 48° near 6 PM
WindN 3 mphno gusts
Humidity60%rising to 79% by morning
Pressure30.22 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 32° · Dry43° by Monday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAIN—none in 0 days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Sharkey County
NWS Jackson and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 6:46 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:33 AM5:02 PM ↓
10 h 29 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
17
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 32 to 43°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
48° 37°
0% rain — NNE 5 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy; warmer Partly cloudy; warmer
60° 41°
10% rain — E 8 A
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
63° 37°
10% rain — NE 7 B
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
67° 41°
0% rain — ENE 5 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
72° 46°
0% rain — E 3 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
73° 49°
0% rain — ENE 3 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
74° 50°
0% rain — E 5 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Nitta Yuma about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Carolinas three days ago, and over the Mississippi Valley a day ago, about 750 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from the Appalachians; at 10,000 feet, from the northern Rockies. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Nitta Yuma stands on

Nitta Yuma’s center stands about 110 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 100 ft to 140 ft, a difference of 40 ft: nearly flat ground.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Alluvium (fine-detrital, coarse-detrital), from the Holocene, less than 12,000 years old.

Nitta Yuma, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
100 ft NITTA YUMA110 ftSteele Bayouabout 120 ftBig Sunflower Riverabout 80 ftHigh point of the line170 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Alluvium

Fine-detrital, coarse-detrital. Age: Holocene, less than 12,000 years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.

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THE WATER

Where Nitta Yuma’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Nitta Yuma reaches the Gulf of America by way of Deer Creek, the Yazoo and the Mississippi: about 560 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Nitta Yuma≈ 560 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF NITTA YUMA ≈ 560 mi to the Gulf of America Deer Creek → Yazoo → Mississippi

450 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Nitta Yuma; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Nitta Yuma on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Greenville MS · 27 MI 27 miles northwest Jackson MS · 61 MI 61 miles southeast Little Rock AR · 146 MI 146 miles northwest Shreveport LA · 176 MI 176 miles west Tuscaloosa AL · 193 MI 193 miles east
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MISSISSIPPI · SHARKEY

Nitta Yuma

8 people, 110 ft above sea level in Sharkey County.

110 ftElevation
8People
0 sq miLand
Clear 45°
ClearDew point 32°
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Today in Nitta Yuma

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now clear night 48° 0%
9p mostly clear night 42° 0%
12a mostly cloudy night 41° 0%
3a mostly cloudy night 40° 0%
6a partly cloudy night 39° 0%
9a mostly sunny 49° 0%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Nitta Yuma stands on

Nitta Yuma’s center stands about 110 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 100 ft to 140 ft, a difference of 40 ft: nearly flat ground.

Nitta Yuma, northwest to southeast Nitta Yuma110 ftSteele Bayouabout 120 ftBig Sunflower Riverabout 80 ftHigh point170 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center110 ft
Within 3 miles100 to 140 ft
Lie of the landNearly flat (40 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceAlluvium
Its ageHolocene, less than 12,000 years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 560 mito the Gulf of AmericaDeer Creek → Yazoo → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Nitta Yuma reaches the Gulf of America by way of Deer Creek, the Yazoo and the Mississippi: about 560 river miles.

450 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.