Temperature
66 F at 8 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 66F
- 8 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Elbert County Airport Patz Field, Georgia
Small airport in Elbert County, Georgia65°
85°/63°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 65°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 85° today.
Now. Elbert County Airport Patz Field is 65° and partly cloudy at 8 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° 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 71): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:06 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
71Air quality
96%Humidity
42%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
65feels65
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8563
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6553
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6244
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6644
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7146
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7349
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7350
UV 6
65°
85°63°
65°53°
62°44°
66°44°
71°46°
73°49°
73°50°
As of 8:00 AM in Elbert County Airport Patz Field, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Elbert County Airport Patz Field
Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Athens-Clarke County (GA), 33 miles off.
71Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate-
- Ozone11Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 63YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elbert County Airport Patz Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Elbert County Airport Patz Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EBA
- ICAO
- KEBA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 603 ft
- Serves
- Elberton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EBA
- Wind now
- From 250° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 98° / 278° | 4 mph head, on 28 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Elberton (EBA), Elbert County Airport Patz Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 3 PM Thursday to 99% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 8 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the west at 8 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 8 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 8 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 8 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.10inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 5,000 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 5,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,000ft
- 1 AM
- 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
Elberton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Elbert County Airport Patz 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 now5 instruments
ElbertonEBA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/593 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
WashingtonWSNG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.8 mi away/604 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-85 @ Lake HartwellGA338
Beside a road/29.3 mi away/679 ft/76 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Watkinsville #1S2013
At a soil climate station/38.2 mi away/770 ft/167 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Watkinsville 5 SSE63850
At a climate reference station/38.9 mi away/741 ft/138 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Elberton 2 NELBG1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/518 ft/85 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Elberton 2.6 WNWGA-EL-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/640 ft/37 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 Elbert County Airport Patz Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Elbert County Airport Patz Field
- Washington Wilkes County AirportIIY, 22 mi
- Franklin County Airport18A, 25 mi
- Athens Ben Epps AirportAHN, 31 mi
- Greene County Regional AirportCPP, 39 mi
- Thomson-McDuffie County AirportHQU, 43 mi
- Jackson County AirportJCA, 43 mi
- Toccoa Airport - R.G. Letourneau FieldTOC, 44 mi
- Barrow County AirportWDR, 49 mi