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Buena Vista, Georgia

City in Marion County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Buena Vista

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Columbus-Phenix City - GA and AL (GA), 28 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
  • Ozone0Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buena Vista

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Buena Vista, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buena Vista, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Butler6A1

At an airfield/23.2 mi away/666 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,277of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

Ellaville 0.1 WGA-SY-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.5 mi away/581 ft/100 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Experiment STNPLNG1

On a farm or research station/20.8 mi away/515 ft/166 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Butler, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.2 mi from Buena Vista, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Butler, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6A1FIG. A THE SKY OVER BUTLERSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEButler, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 6A1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6A1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Butler: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6A1FIG. B THE AIR AT BUTLERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 7.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEButler, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6A1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6A1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Butler, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6A1FIG. C THE WIND AT BUTLERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEButler, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6A1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6A1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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