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Bowman, Georgia

City in Elbert County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Bowman

Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Athens-Clarke County (GA), 27 miles off.

68Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate-
  • Ozone21Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bowman

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Bowman, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Canon18A

At an airfield/11.1 mi away/848 ft/71 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank176of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

Royston 5.0 SGA-MA-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/732 ft/45 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank40of 1,277

Elberton 2 NELBG1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/518 ft/259 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank51of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Canon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.1 mi from Bowman, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Canon, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 18AFIG. A THE SKY OVER CANONSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLECanon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 18ATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-18A-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.3 F with a dew point of 64.6 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Canon: temperature 65.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.6, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 18AFIG. B THE AIR AT CANONTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.4 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.3 F, 64.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLECanon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 18ATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-18A-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Canon, 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 18AFIG. C THE WIND AT CANONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECanon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 18ATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-18A-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Canon, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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