Temperature
82 F at 6 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 82F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 87F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 64F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/South Carolina/Barnwell Regional Airport
Barnwell Regional Airport, South Carolina
Small airport in Barnwell County, South Carolina* WHAT...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central Georgia and central South Carolina. * WHEN...From 2 AM Saturday to 8 PM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds and rough waves can overturn small craft.
84°
86°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 85°·Light breeze 8 mph SW
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Barnwell Regional Airport until 8 PM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 21 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 86° today.
Now. Barnwell Regional Airport is 84° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 76° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 71): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 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 day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
71Air quality
48%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
84feels85
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8663
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6557
24%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6245
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6646
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7248
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7351
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7351
UV 6
84°
86°63°
65°57°
62°45°
66°46°
72°48°
73°51°
73°51°
As of 6:00 PM in Barnwell Regional Airport, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Barnwell Regional Airport
Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Aiken-Augusta - SC and GA (SC), 34 miles off.
71Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate-
- Ozone44Good48 ppb23.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 80, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 80YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Barnwell Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. 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 Barnwell Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BNL
- ICAO
- KBNL
- IATA
- BNL
- Field elevation
- 246 ft
- Serves
- Barnwell
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BNL
- Wind now
- From 230° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 4,526 ft | 70 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 7 mph head, on 23 | 1 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 5,119 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 161° / 341° | 3 mph head, on 17 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Barnwell (BNL), Barnwell Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 48% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 4 PM to 100% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 6 PM
- Humidity now
- 48%
- Humidity, range
- 42 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the southwest at 6 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 16 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.91 inHg at 6 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.91inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.16inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 6 PM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 6 PM
- 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 3,900 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,900ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
Barnwell: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Barnwell 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 now4 instruments
BarnwellBNL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/246 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Blackville 3 W63826
At a climate reference station/7.5 mi away/317 ft/71 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
BlackvilleBLVS1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.6 mi away/338 ft/92 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-25 @ I-20SC014
Beside a road/37.8 mi away/499 ft/253 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Barnwell 1.2 WSWSC-BW-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/198 ft/48 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Barnwell 5 ENEBNLS1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/266 ft/20 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Barnwell 5 ENE (BNLS1), 8.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Barnwell Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Barnwell Regional Airport
- Allendale County AirportAQX, 19 mi
- North Air Force Auxillary AirfieldXNO, 30 mi
- Aiken Regional AirportAIK, 32 mi
- Orangeburg Municipal AirportOGB, 33 mi
- Lowcountry Regional AirportRBW, 49 mi
- Columbia Metropolitan AirportCAE, 49 mi
- Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens AirportCUB, 54 mi
- Mc Entire Joint National Guard BaseMMT, 57 mi