Temperature
68 F at 3 AM; 76 F at its warmest, 7 AM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 76F
- 7 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 67F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Felker Army Air Field, Virginia
Medium airport in Newport News city, Virginia68°
86°/66°
Overcast·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 5 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 78% around 9 AM.
Now. Felker Army Air Field is 68° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
88%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
68feels68
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8666
74%
12mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6054
94%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6148
23%
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6651
22%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7054
16%
Wed
Oct 21
7155
12%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
7056
14%
68°
86°66°
60°54°
61°48°
66°51°
70°54°
71°55°
70°56°
As of 4:00 AM in Felker Army Air Field, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Felker Army Air Field
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 16 miles off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-
- Ozone22Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Felker Army Air Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Felker Army Air Field, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FAF
- ICAO
- KFAF
- IATA
- FAF
- Field elevation
- 12 ft
- Serves
- Newport News (Fort Eustis)
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FAF
- Wind now
- From 190° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 3,025 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 126° / 306° | 3 mph head, on 14 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Eustis/Felker (FAF), Felker Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 11 AM Thursday to 87% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 87%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 8 AM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 8 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 800 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
Fort Eustis/Felker: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Felker Army Air Field, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/13 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a park or preserve/20.3 mi away/37 ft/25 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/39.4 mi away/29 ft/17 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Rushmere 3.1 NVA-IW-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/31 ft/19 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WilliamsburgWMBV2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/26 ft/14 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Felker Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rushmerecommunity, 6 mi
- Newport Newscity, 7 mi
- Yorktowncommunity, 9 mi
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 10 mi
- Smithfieldtown, 11 mi
- Scotlandcommunity, 11 mi
- Williamsburgcity, 11 mi
- Gloucester Pointcommunity, 11 mi
- Poquosoncity, 12 mi
- Surrytown, 12 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 14 mi
- Benns Churchcommunity, 14 mi
Airports near Felker Army Air Field
- Newport News Williamsburg International AirportPHF, 6 mi
- Williamsburg Jamestown AirportJGG, 9 mi
- Langley Air Force BaseLFI, 14 mi
- Norfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field)NGU, 22 mi
- Wakefield Municipal AirportAKQ, 24 mi
- Hampton Roads Executive AirportPVG, 26 mi
- Norfolk International AirportORF, 28 mi
- Middle Peninsula Regional AirportFYJ, 28 mi