Temperature
65 F at 5 AM; 77 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 65F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 77F
- 11 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 86% around 6 AM.
Now. Emporia Greensville Regional Airport is 64° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 8 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 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Emporia Greensville Regional Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 19 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 5 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 5,010 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 146° / 326° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Emporia-Greensville Rgl Airport (EMV), Emporia Greensville Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 5 AM; 77 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 5 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 mile at 4 AM; 2 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 16 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
The 4 instruments nearest Emporia Greensville Regional 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
Emporia-Greensville Rgl AirportEMV
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/128 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Blackwater River 1 SW Franklin at US Highway 58/258FKLV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.3 mi away/10 ft/117 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Emporia 1.3 SWVA-EMC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/143 ft/16 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
EmporiaEPRV2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/167 ft/40 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.