Temperature
65 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 89° today.
Now. Middle Georgia Regional Airport is 66° and clear 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 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° 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 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 80°, and the coolest Sunday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Middle Georgia Regional Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Warner Robins (GA), 7 miles off.
Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 48° / 228° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 5,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Macon/Lewis Wilson (MCN), Middle Georgia Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 12 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 63 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Set aside: the gust read 37 mph in 10 reports in a row from 2 PM Thursday, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of that day's wind is counted.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 5 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Macon/Lewis Wilson: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Middle Georgia Regional 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/361 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-16 @ US 23GA348
Beside a road/8.7 mi away/312 ft/42 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
BolingbrokeBOLG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.2 mi away/430 ft/76 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Warner Robins 5.6 NWGA-HS-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/475 ft/121 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
1.9MI.Ne Of Macon AirportMMMG1
At an airfield/3.9 mi away/446 ft/92 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.