Temperature
68 F at 11 PM; 73 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 66 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 73F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 66F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Montgomery County, Virginia67°
76°/64°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 4 mph SSE
Now. Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport is 67° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 63° by 6 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 79°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (48%) and Saturday (39%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
67feels67
14%
Today
Oct 15
7664
67%
Fri
Oct 16
7963
48%
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5245
39%
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
5534
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6035
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6539
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6642
UV 6
67°
76°64°
79°63°
52°45°
55°34°
60°35°
65°39°
66°42°
As of 11:00 PM in Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Giles Co. (VA), 20 miles off.
24Good
- Ozone24Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.07in
Visibility
How far you can see at Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BCB
- ICAO
- KBCB
- IATA
- BCB
- Field elevation
- 2,132 ft
- Serves
- Blacksburg
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BCB
- Wind now
- From 110° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 117° / 297° | 6 mph head, on 13 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Virginia Tech Arpt (BCB), Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 89% at 3 PM to 100% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 11 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 89 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the east southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 5 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.16 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.16inHg
- 11 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 2 PM; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 2 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 9 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 11 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 11 AM
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,133 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Craig Valley RAWSCGVV2
A remote fire weather station/28.2 mi away/1,316 ft/816 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Blacksburg 1.9 SEVA-MN-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/2,143 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Blacksburg NwsoBBGV2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/2,083 ft/49 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Blacksburg Nwso (BBGV2), 0.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Blacksburgtown, 2 mi
- Merrimaccommunity, 2 mi
- Prices Forkcommunity, 4 mi
- Christiansburgtown, 5 mi
- Belviewcommunity, 6 mi
- Plum Creekcommunity, 8 mi
- Shawsvillecommunity, 9 mi
- Fairlawncommunity, 10 mi
- Radfordcity, 10 mi
- Rinercommunity, 10 mi
- Ellistoncommunity, 10 mi
- New Rivercommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport
- New River Valley AirportPSK, 16 mi
- Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional AirportROA, 25 mi
- Twin County AirportHLX, 38 mi
- Blue Ridge AirportMTV, 45 mi
- Mountain Empire AirportMKJ, 56 mi
- Ingalls FieldHSP, 60 mi
- Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn FieldLYH, 67 mi
- Danville Regional AirportDAN, 74 mi