Temperature
64 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lawson Army Air Field, Georgia
Medium airport in Chattahoochee County, Georgia66°
88°/62°
Fog·
Feels like 66°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 88° today.
Now. Lawson Army Air Field is 66° and fog at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° 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 Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest Sunday, near 69°. 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 11:21 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.
0UV Low
6Air quality
94%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
66feels66
now, fog
Today
Oct 16
8862
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7152
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6947
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7446
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7947
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8148
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
8249
UV 7
66°
88°62°
71°52°
69°47°
74°46°
79°47°
81°48°
82°49°
As of 1:00 AM in Lawson Army Air Field, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Lawson Army Air Field
Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbus-Phenix City - GA and AL (AL), 12 miles off.
6Good
- Ozone6Good3 ppb7.4 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
- 55TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lawson Army Air Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Lawson Army Air Field, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LSF
- ICAO
- KLSF
- IATA
- LSF
- Field elevation
- 232 ft
- Serves
- Fort Benning
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LSF
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:05
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 10,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Benning (LSF), Lawson Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM Thursday to 98% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.1 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 8 hours; 0.4 miles now.
- Now
- 0.4mi
- Lowest
- 0.1mi
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 8
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 0ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Fort Benning: 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 Lawson Army Air Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Fort BenningLSF
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/233 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort BenningFBGG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/361 ft/129 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-185 @ SR 85GA350
Beside a road/12.2 mi away/423 ft/191 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Benning South 2.8 NNEGA-MS-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/351 ft/119 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Columbus STN #2CLMG1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/390 ft/158 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 Lawson Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cusseta-Chattahoochee Countycity, 3 mi
- Columbuscity, 9 mi
- Piney Grovecommunity, 21 mi
- Lumpkincity, 23 mi
- Cataulacommunity, 23 mi
- Ellersliecommunity, 24 mi
- Antiochcommunity, 24 mi
- Box Springscommunity, 24 mi
- Richlandcity, 26 mi
- Buena Vistacity, 27 mi
- Waverly Halltown, 28 mi
- Hamiltoncity, 31 mi
Airports near Lawson Army Air Field
- Columbus AirportCSG, 13 mi
- Harris County AirportPIM, 36 mi
- Roosevelt Memorial Airport5A9, 45 mi
- Butler Municipal Airport6A1, 46 mi
- LaGrange Callaway AirportLGC, 47 mi
- Jimmy Carter Regional AirportACJ, 49 mi
- Dawson Municipal Airport16J, 53 mi
- Thomaston Upson County AirportOPN, 60 mi