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Griffin Spalding County Airport, Georgia

Small airport in Spalding County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Griffin Spalding County Airport

Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Atlanta (GA), 30 miles off.

64Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 74, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Griffin Spalding County Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Griffin Spalding County Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
6A2
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
958 ft
Serves
Griffin
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
6A2
Wind now
From 250° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 323,701 ft75 ftAsphalt137° / 317°1 mph head, on 323 mph from the left
14321,000 ftN250° 3 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Spalding (6A2), Griffin Spalding County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

66 F at 11 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
66F
11 PM
Highest
86F
3 PM
Lowest
62F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Spalding, temperature from 62.0 to 86.0, the latest 66.2; dew point from 57.8 to 64.4, the latest 62.6, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5060708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 63 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 3 PM to 98% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
63F
11 PM
Humidity now
88%
Humidity, range
40 to 98%
Relative humidity at Spalding, relative humidity from 40 to 98, the latest 88, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 5 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
5mph
11 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Spalding, wind from 0 to 5, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph0246Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Spalding, wind direction from 200 to 330, the latest 240, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.10 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Spalding, pressure, altimeter from 30.09 to 30.18, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0730.1030.1330.1530.1830.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Spalding, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Spalding: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Griffin Spalding County 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

Spalding6A2

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/958 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

AdgatevilleONFG1

At a river or reservoir gauge/32.5 mi away/617 ft/341 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Griffin 0.5 ESEGA-SP-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/952 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

McdonoughMCDG1

At a cooperative observer's station/19.6 mi away/696 ft/262 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mcdonough (MCDG1), 19.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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