Temperature
64 F at 4 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fulton County Airport Brown Field, Georgia
Medium airport in Fulton County, Georgia65°
84°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Light air 1 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 64° after 84° today.
Now. Fulton County Airport Brown Field is 65° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 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 Wednesday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:14 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
66Air quality
84%Humidity
9%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8463
14%
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6448
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6444
12mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6843
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7245
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7647
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7649
UV 7
65°
84°63°
64°48°
64°44°
68°43°
72°45°
76°47°
76°49°
As of 5:00 AM in Fulton County Airport Brown Field, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Fulton County Airport Brown Field
Index 66, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Atlanta (GA), 10 miles off.
66Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)66Moderate-
- Ozone35Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 80YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fulton County Airport Brown Field
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 Fulton County Airport Brown Field, 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
- FTY
- ICAO
- KFTY
- IATA
- FTY
- Field elevation
- 841 ft
- Serves
- Atlanta
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FTY
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,797 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 80° / 260° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Atlanta/Fulton Co. (FTY), Fulton County Airport Brown Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 3 PM Thursday to 97% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 5 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 12 PM 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
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 6 AM Thursday; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 6 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 2 AM; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 5,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,000ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
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
Atlanta/Fulton 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 Fulton County Airport Brown 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/840 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-285 @ SR8/D.L. Hollowell Pkwy GAGA315
Beside a road/1.8 mi away/853 ft/12 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Bull Sluice Lake 4 SSW Morgan Falls DamMFPG1
At a dam/15.3 mi away/909 ft/68 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Atlanta 3.0 WGA-FT-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/907 ft/66 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dekalb Co Filter PltDRAG1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.9 mi away/1,063 ft/222 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Fulton County Airport Brown Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mabletoncommunity, 3 mi
- Smyrnacity, 6 mi
- Viningscommunity, 7 mi
- Lithia Springscommunity, 7 mi
- Austellcity, 7 mi
- Atlantacity, 8 mi
- East Pointcity, 8 mi
- Fair Oakscommunity, 10 mi
- College Parkcity, 10 mi
- Hapevillecity, 10 mi
- South Fultoncity, 11 mi
- Powder Springscity, 11 mi
Airports near Fulton County Airport Brown Field
- Dobbins Air Reserve BaseMGE, 9 mi
- Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportATL, 11 mi
- DeKalb Peachtree AirportPDK, 14 mi
- Cobb County International Airport-McCollum FieldRYY, 17 mi
- Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta AirportPUJ, 26 mi
- Atlanta Speedway AirportHMP, 29 mi
- Peachtree City Falcon FieldFFC, 29 mi
- Cartersville AirportVPC, 30 mi