Temperature
63 F at 2 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Barwick Lafayette Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Walker County, Georgia64°
82°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 64°·Light air 2 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 60° after 82° today.
Now. Barwick Lafayette Airport is 64° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 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 71): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:15 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
71Air quality
100%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
64feels64
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8262
17%
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6047
17%
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6440
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6741
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7044
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7346
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7547
UV 7
64°
82°62°
60°47°
64°40°
67°41°
70°44°
73°46°
75°47°
As of 3:00 AM in Barwick Lafayette Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Barwick Lafayette Airport
Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Chattanooga (TN), 25 miles off.
71Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate-
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 65YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
- 42SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 56, moderate, Fri 5 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Barwick Lafayette Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Barwick Lafayette Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 9A5
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 777 ft
- Serves
- Lafayette
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 9A5
- Wind now
- Variable at 1 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 4,999 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 20° / 200° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from LaFayette (9A5), Barwick Lafayette Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 47 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
0 mph at 2 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.8 miles at 4 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
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
LaFayette: 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 Barwick Lafayette 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
LaFayette9A5
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/774 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
NaomiNAOG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/1,056 ft/279 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-75 @ SR 3GA341
Beside a road/16.3 mi away/768 ft/9 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
LafayetteLFYG1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/797 ft/20 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
La Fayette 11.0 WGA-WA-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.6 mi away/2,235 ft/1,458 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Georgia
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Barwick Lafayette Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- LaFayettecity, 1 mi
- Rock Springcommunity, 9 mi
- Triontown, 10 mi
- Chickamaugacity, 13 mi
- Summervillecity, 15 mi
- Chattanooga Valleycommunity, 16 mi
- Fairviewcommunity, 17 mi
- West Browcommunity, 17 mi
- Trentoncity, 18 mi
- Menlocity, 18 mi
- Tunnel Hillcity, 18 mi
- Fort Oglethorpecity, 19 mi
Airports near Barwick Lafayette Airport
- Dalton Municipal AirportDNN, 24 mi
- Richard B Russell AirportRMG, 25 mi
- Tom B. David FieldCZL, 26 mi
- Gilmer County Airport49A, 44 mi
- Cartersville AirportVPC, 46 mi
- Pickens County AirportJZP, 50 mi
- Cherokee County Regional AirportCNI, 56 mi
- Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta AirportPUJ, 57 mi