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Rayle, Georgia

Town in Wilkes County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Rayle

Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Athens-Clarke County (GA), 26 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Rayle

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Rayle, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Rayle, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

WashingtonWSNG1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.4 mi away/604 ft/46 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank291of 1,277

WashingtonIIY

At an airfield/5.4 mi away/628 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Rayle 7.2 NGA-OG-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/520 ft/130 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Elberton 2 NELBG1

At a cooperative observer's station/24.3 mi away/518 ft/132 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank51of 1,277

Station report

The weather at Washington, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.4 mi from Rayle, Georgia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:02 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Washington: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WSNG1FIG. B THE AIR AT WASHINGTONTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.0 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEWashington, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP WSNG1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WSNG1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (225 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 6 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 6 mph.

Plan of the wind at Washington, north up: blowing from 225 degrees, the southwest, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 6; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WSNG1FIG. C THE WIND AT WASHINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 225°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWashington, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP WSNG1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WSNG1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 604 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.27 inHg and the temperature at 56.8 F; it reports 67.0 F, 10.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Washington stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 604 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.27 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WSNG1FIG. D WHERE WASHINGTON 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 ATMOSPHEREWASHINGTON2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT604 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 HERE29.27 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED67.0 FTITLEWashington, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP WSNG1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WSNG1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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