Temperature
65 F at 5 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Waycross Ware County Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Ware County, Georgia65°
88°/64°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 88° today.
Now. Waycross Ware County Airport is 65° and mostly cloudy at 5 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 62° 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 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest Sunday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:13 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
95%Humidity
73%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
65feels65
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8864
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7262
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6750
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7151
13mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7753
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7854
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7754
UV 7
65°
88°64°
72°62°
67°50°
71°51°
77°53°
78°54°
77°54°
As of 5:00 AM in Waycross Ware County Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Waycross Ware County Airport
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (GA), 28 miles off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Waycross Ware County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Waycross Ware County Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AYS
- ICAO
- KAYS
- IATA
- AYS
- Field elevation
- 142 ft
- Serves
- Waycross
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AYS
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 05:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,992 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 359° / 179° | Calm | Calm |
| 05 / 23 unlit | 5,044 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 42° / 222° | Calm | Calm |
| 13 / 31 unlit | 3,554 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Waycross/Ware Co. (AYS), Waycross Ware County 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 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 4 PM Thursday to 96% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 42 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 5 AM; at its strongest 0 mph, 6 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 0mph
- 6 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 5
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
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
Waycross/Ware Co.: 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 Waycross Ware 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/151 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Waycross 9SEOKEG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.5 mi away/164 ft/22 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US 341 @ SR 38GA355
Beside a road/39.2 mi away/102 ft/40 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Waycross 3.0 NNWGA-WR-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/134 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Homerville 5NHMVG1
At a cooperative observer's station/26.7 mi away/207 ft/65 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Homerville 5N (HMVG1), 26.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Georgia
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Waycross Ware County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Waycross Ware County Airport
- Bacon County AirportAMG, 21 mi
- Homerville AirportHOE, 26 mi
- Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers AirportDQH, 32 mi
- Baxley Municipal AirportBHC, 32 mi
- Jesup Wayne County AirportJES, 37 mi
- Hazlehurst AirportAZE, 46 mi
- Moody Air Force BaseVAD, 51 mi
- Brunswick Golden Isles AirportBQK, 55 mi