Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Athens Municipal Airport until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Athens Municipal Airport is 71° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 12 AM. 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. 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 Thursday, near 86°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 11:06 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Athens Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Tyler-Longview-Marshall (TX), 34 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 3,988 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Athens (F44), Athens Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 10 PM Thursday; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 68 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 4 PM Thursday to 98% at 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 8 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 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
Athens: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Athens Municipal 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
AthensF44
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/444 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AthensRHAT2
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/502 ft/58 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Palestine 6 WNW53968
At a climate reference station/27.9 mi away/383 ft/61 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
AthensAHST2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/446 ft/2 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Athens 1.3 SSWTX-HND-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/481 ft/37 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.