Temperature
68 F at 11 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 88F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 61F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Cartersville Airport is 69° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 63° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 84°, and the coolest Saturday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Cartersville Airport, Georgia.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Rome (GA), 29 miles off.
Yesterday measured 84, 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 Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,760 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 4° / 184° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Cartersville Airport (VPC), Cartersville Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 11 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 61 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 68 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 3 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 13 mph at 1 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 5,000 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Cartersville Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Cartersville 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/764 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-75 @ SR 20GA342
Beside a road/7.6 mi away/938 ft/179 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
DallasDLSG1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.9 mi away/1,073 ft/314 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cartersville 1.5 WNWGA-BT-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/732 ft/27 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Allatoona DamCVLG1
At a dam/7.4 mi away/856 ft/97 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.