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Gay, Georgia

Town in Meriwether County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Gay

Index 70, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Atlanta (GA), 40 miles off.

70Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)70Moderate-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)28Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 80, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gay

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 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 Gay, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gay, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Warm Springs5A9

At an airfield/12.9 mi away/869 ft/33 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Woodbury 1.7 WSWGA-MW-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/758 ft/78 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ThomastonTHSG1

At a cooperative observer's station/21.5 mi away/755 ft/81 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW3198, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.9 mi from Gay, Georgia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW3198, 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 FW3198FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW3198PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW3198, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW3198TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW3198-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 857 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.01 inHg and the temperature at 55.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.09 inHg means its barometer reads 29.17 inHg; it reports 60.0 F, 4.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW3198 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 857 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.01 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.09 and the station pressure it means, 29.17.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW3198FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW3198 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW31983 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT857 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 HERE29.01 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.09 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.17 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED60.0 FTITLECitizen station FW3198, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW3198TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW3198-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 48 degrees above the horizon at 33.13 N, and the day is 11 h 12 min long. Level ground there takes 74 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW3198, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 48 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 57 at the equinoxes and 33 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 12 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW3198FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW3198ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 80°EQUINOXES 57°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 33°OCT 16, 48°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 12 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 74 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 33.13 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW3198, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW3198TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW3198-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW3198, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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