Temperature
62 F at 3 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 87° today.
Now. Augusta Regional At Bush Field is 63° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° 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 84): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 76°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:05 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Augusta Regional At Bush Field, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 84, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 1 mile off.
Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 11 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 6,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 78° / 258° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 | 8,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 168° / 348° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Augusta/Bush Field (AGS), Augusta Regional At Bush Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
62 F at 3 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 59 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 39% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.5 miles at 11 PM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 1 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Augusta/Bush Field: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Augusta Regional At Bush Field, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/148 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-20 @ Augusta Canal Welcome CenterGA331
Beside a road/11.4 mi away/164 ft/20 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
LouisvilleLOUG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/35.3 mi away/318 ft/174 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Augusta 6.6 SGA-RC-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/251 ft/107 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WaynesboroWYNG1
At a cooperative observer's station/20.7 mi away/299 ft/155 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Waynesboro (WYNG1), 20.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. 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.