Temperature
64 F at 9 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 9 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 87° today.
Now. Heart of Georgia Regional Airport is 67° and partly cloudy at 9 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the west-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° 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 69): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest Sunday, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 AM in Heart of Georgia Regional Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 69, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Warner Robins (GA), 39 miles off.
Yesterday measured 69, 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 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 6,506 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 15° / 195° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Eastman (EZM), Heart of Georgia Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 9 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 9 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.12 inHg at 9 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 12 AM, under a mile for 8 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 11 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
Eastman: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Heart of Georgia Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
EastmanEZM
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/305 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
McraeMRAG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.4 mi away/246 ft/58 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/27.3 mi away/210 ft/94 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ga Forestry ComESTG1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/400 ft/96 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Eastman 4.5 WGA-DG-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/370 ft/66 ft above 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.