Temperature
69 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Vidalia Regional Airport, Georgia
Small airport in Toombs County, Georgia68°
88°/65°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 88° today.
Now. Vidalia Regional Airport is 68° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 61° 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 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 77°, and the coolest Sunday, near 65°. 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 11:10 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
52Air quality
93%Humidity
16%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
68feels68
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8865
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7061
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6549
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7050
13mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7652
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7753
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7754
UV 7
68°
88°65°
70°61°
65°49°
70°50°
76°52°
77°53°
77°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Vidalia Regional Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
The air at Vidalia Regional Airport
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (GA), 52 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Vidalia Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Vidalia Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VDI
- ICAO
- KVDI
- IATA
- VDI
- Field elevation
- 275 ft
- Serves
- Vidalia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VDI
- Wind now
- From 210° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 6,002 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 63° / 243° | 4 mph head, on 25 | 3 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 132° / 312° | 1 mph head, on 14 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Vidalia Muni Airport (VDI), Vidalia Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 3 PM Thursday to 96% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 42 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the south southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 4,900 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,900ft
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 5
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
Vidalia Muni Airport: 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 Vidalia Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/276 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MetterMTFG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.8 mi away/194 ft/81 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/28.8 mi away/210 ft/65 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Vidalia 3.3 SWGA-TM-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/278 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MetterMETG1
At a cooperative observer's station/22.8 mi away/231 ft/44 ft below 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 Vidalia Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Vidalia Regional Airport
- Swinton Smith Field at Reidsville Municipal AirportRVJ, 16 mi
- Metter Municipal AirportMHP, 21 mi
- Hazlehurst AirportAZE, 27 mi
- Emanuel County AirportSBO, 29 mi
- Claxton Evans County AirportCWV, 29 mi
- Telfair Wheeler AirportMQW, 31 mi
- Baxley Municipal AirportBHC, 33 mi
- Statesboro Bulloch County AirportTBR, 42 mi