Temperature
70 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 21 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 83° today.
Now. Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport is 69° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the west-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:16 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rome (GA), 33 miles off.
Yesterday measured 84, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Fri 5 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 unlit | 5,505 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 128° / 308° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Dallas (PUJ), Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 3 PM Thursday to 94% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
4 mph at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.10 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
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
Dallas: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta 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
DallasPUJ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,289 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
DallasDLSG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.8 mi away/1,073 ft/216 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-20 @ SR 61GA344
Beside a road/13.1 mi away/1,099 ft/190 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Dallas 4.6 WGA-PG-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,118 ft/171 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DallasDALG1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/1,070 ft/219 ft below 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.