Temperature
61 F at 4 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 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 63° after 82° today.
Now. West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field is 62° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° 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 66): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:17 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 5:00 AM in West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 66, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Atlanta (GA), 41 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Fri 6 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,503 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 164° / 344° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Carrollton (CTJ), West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
61 F at 4 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 60 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 22% at 6 PM Thursday to 97% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 4 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.13 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 5,000 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 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
Carrollton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest West Georgia Regional Airport / O V Gray Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
CarrolltonCTJ
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,161 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-20 @ SR 100GA343
Beside a road/7.3 mi away/1,063 ft/98 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
NewnanNNAG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.9 mi away/896 ft/265 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
City Water PltCRLG1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/984 ft/177 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Carrollton 3.2 SWGA-CL-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/1,057 ft/104 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.