Temperature
68 F at 2 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 86° today.
Now. Emanuel County Airport is 68° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° 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 82): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:09 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 2:00 AM in Emanuel County Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 82, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 57 miles off.
Yesterday measured 76, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 6 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 6,021 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | 2 mph head, on 13 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Swainsboro (SBO), Emanuel County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 2 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 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 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 3 PM Thursday to 94% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the south at 2 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 2 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 5 miles at 6 PM 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
Swainsboro: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Emanuel County 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
SwainsboroSBO
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MetterMTFG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.6 mi away/194 ft/133 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/24.9 mi away/210 ft/117 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Swainsboro 0.9 WGA-EM-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/302 ft/25 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KiteKITG1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/315 ft/12 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.