Temperature
66 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (50%).
Now. Lee County Airport is 66° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 7 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (56%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:59 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Lee County Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Speedwell (TN), 38 miles off.
Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 5,003 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 60° / 240° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Jonesville (0VG), Lee County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 12 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,500 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Jonesville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 3 instruments nearest Lee County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
Jonesville0VG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,365 ft/46 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Jonesville 1.4 NNWVA-LE-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/1,656 ft/245 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PenningtonPENV2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/1,378 ft/33 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Pennington (PENV2), 12.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.