Temperature
73 F at 12 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 75F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Ashe County Airport
Ashe County Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Ashe County, North Carolina73°
75°/60°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 9 mph W
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM (55%).
Now. Ashe County Airport is 73° and clear at 12 PM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the west at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:53 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV High
37Air quality
56%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
73feels73
UV 6
Today
Oct 16
7560
13%
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
4842
78%
18mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
5332
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5834
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6340
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6444
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6444
mostly clear day
73°
75°60°
48°42°
53°32°
58°34°
63°40°
64°44°
64°44°
As of 12:00 PM in Ashe County Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Ashe County Airport
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, North Ridges (NC), 31 miles off.
37Good
- Ozone37Good-
The days ahead
Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.
GoodModerate
- 35YesterdayOct 15
- 71TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ashe County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Ashe County Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GEV
- ICAO
- KGEV
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,180 ft
- Serves
- Jefferson
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GEV
- Wind now
- From 270° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 9 mph head, on 28 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ashe_County_Arpt (GEV), Ashe County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 56 F, the air 56% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 12 PM to 97% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 56F
- 12 PM
- Humidity now
- 56%
- Humidity, range
- 56 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the west at 12 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 8 AM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.18inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 4 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ashe_County_Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Ashe County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/3,179 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rendezvous Valley RAWS SiteRVZN7
A remote fire weather station/15.7 mi away/2,306 ft/874 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Jefferson 2 EJFFN7
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/2,733 ft/447 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Jefferson 1.7 ENENC-AS-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/3,042 ft/138 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Jefferson 2 E (JFFN7), 1.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Ashe County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jeffersontown, 3 mi
- West Jeffersontown, 5 mi
- Lansingtown, 7 mi
- Spartatown, 17 mi
- Millers Creekcommunity, 20 mi
- Mulberrycommunity, 20 mi
- Boonetown, 21 mi
- Hayscommunity, 21 mi
- Cricketcommunity, 22 mi
- Fairplainscommunity, 22 mi
- Appalachian Ski Mountainski area, 22 mi
- Cove Creekcommunity, 23 mi
Airports near Ashe County Airport
- Wilkes County AirportUKF, 23 mi
- Foothills Regional AirportMRN, 44 mi
- Hickory Regional AirportHKY, 48 mi
- Mount Airy Surry County AirportMWK, 48 mi
- Statesville Regional AirportSVH, 53 mi
- Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional AirportIPJ, 67 mi
- Smith Reynolds AirportINT, 70 mi
- Mid-Carolina Regional AirportRUQ, 74 mi