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Ideal, Georgia

City in Macon County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Ideal

Index 72, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Warner Robins (GA), 38 miles off.

72Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)72Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 69, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ideal

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ideal, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ideal, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Butler6A1

At an airfield/13.8 mi away/666 ft/252 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,277of 1,277

measured daily2 instruments

AmericusAMRG1

At a cooperative observer's station/22.8 mi away/489 ft/75 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Butler, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Ideal, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft, scattered at 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Butler, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 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 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 5,000 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

82.4 F with a dew point of 61.3 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Butler: temperature 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.3, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 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 F90 FSATURATES 4,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 82.4 FDEW POINT 61.3 FSPREAD 21.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 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 west northwest (290 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Butler, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE 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

Elsewhere in Georgia

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