Temperature
64 F at 7 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 85° today.
Now. Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers Airport is 65° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 60° 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.
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 6:58 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 24 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 AM in Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (GA), 7 miles off.
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 6,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 37° / 217° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Douglas_Muni_Arpt (DQH), Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 7 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 63 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 4 PM Thursday to 97% at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 7 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.11 inHg at 7 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 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
Douglas_Muni_Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/256 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Baxley 5SWBXYG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/32.3 mi away/203 ft/54 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Douglas 2.5 WSWGA-CF-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/233 ft/24 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PridgenPRDG1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/312 ft/55 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Pridgen (PRDG1), 15.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 05:30. 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.