Temperature
62 F at 6 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 87° today.
Now. Cochran Airport is 62° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 8 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 68): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest Sunday, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:14 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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.
As of 6:00 AM in Cochran Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Warner Robins (GA), 23 miles off.
Yesterday measured 69, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,202 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 46° / 226° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Cochran (48A), Cochran Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
62 F at 6 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 62 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 4 PM Thursday to 98% at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 6 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 6 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Cochran: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Cochran Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Cochran48A
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/329 ft/48 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-75 @ SR 7GA347
Beside a road/27.7 mi away/384 ft/7 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
McraeMRAG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.0 mi away/246 ft/131 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chester 4.9 SSWGA-DG-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/330 ft/47 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hawkinsville 1EHAWG1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/236 ft/141 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hawkinsville 1E (HAWG1), 13.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.