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Alma, Georgia

City in Bacon County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Alma

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (GA), 17 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alma

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Alma, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Alma, GeorgiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Alma, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Alma/Bacon Co.AMG

At an airfield/2.7 mi away/200 ft/3 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Baxley 5SWBXYG1

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.7 mi away/203 ft/6 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank325of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

Alma 2.3 ENEGA-BC-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/159 ft/38 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PridgenPRDG1

At a cooperative observer's station/29.2 mi away/312 ft/115 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank11of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Baxley 5SW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.7 mi from Alma, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:38 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Baxley 5SW: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BXYG1FIG. B THE AIR AT BAXLEY 5SWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBaxley 5SW, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BXYG1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BXYG1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Baxley 5SW, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BXYG1FIG. C THE WIND AT BAXLEY 5SWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBaxley 5SW, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BXYG1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BXYG1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 203 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.70 inHg and the temperature at 58.3 F; it reports 66.0 F, 7.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Baxley 5SW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 203 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.70 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BXYG1FIG. D WHERE BAXLEY 5SW STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBAXLEY 5SW1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT203 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.70 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED66.0 FTITLEBaxley 5SW, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BXYG1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BXYG1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Baxley 5SW, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pridgen (PRDG1), 29.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Georgia

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Alma

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Near Alma

River and lake gauges