Temperature
70 F at 10 PM; 76 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 64 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 70F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 76F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 64F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Tazewell County Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Tazewell County, Virginia69°
77°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light air 3 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow night, from about 11 PM (74%).
Now. Tazewell County Airport is 69° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 74°, and the coolest Saturday, near 46°. Rain is likely tomorrow (81%) and Saturday (92%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
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 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
77%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
7763
31%
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
7462
81%
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
4640
92%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5532
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6035
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6339
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6544
UV 6
69°
77°63°
74°62°
46°40°
55°32°
60°35°
63°39°
65°44°
As of 10:00 PM in Tazewell County Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Tazewell County Airport
Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 40 miles off.
12Good
- Ozone12Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tazewell County Airport
0.25 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.25in
- Last 3 days
- 0.25in
Visibility
How far you can see at Tazewell County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JFZ
- ICAO
- KJFZ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,653 ft
- Serves
- Cedar Bluff
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JFZ
- Wind now
- From 180° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 4,299 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 65° / 245° | 1 mph head, on 25 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Richlands (JFZ), Tazewell County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 4 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 77%
- Humidity, range
- 64 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the south at 10 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 10 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 5 AM, under a mile for 6 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 5 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 6
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 9,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.24 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 1 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 1 AM
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Richlands: 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 Tazewell 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 now2 instruments
RichlandsJFZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,653 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Stony Fork Usfs RAWSSFRV2
A remote fire weather station/34.4 mi away/2,562 ft/91 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cedar Bluff 3.6 SWVA-TZ-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/2,413 ft/240 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RichlandsRCLV2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/2,139 ft/514 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 Richlands (RCLV2), 2.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:15. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Tazewell County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Richlandstown, 2 mi
- Cedar Blufftown, 3 mi
- Dorancommunity, 3 mi
- Claypool Hillcommunity, 3 mi
- Ravencommunity, 3 mi
- Pounding Millcommunity, 5 mi
- Jewell Ridgecommunity, 9 mi
- Honakertown, 10 mi
- Allison Gapcommunity, 12 mi
- Amonatecommunity, 12 mi
- Saltvilletown, 13 mi
- Tazewelltown, 16 mi
Airports near Tazewell County Airport
- Mountain Empire AirportMKJ, 27 mi
- Virginia Highlands AirportVJI, 29 mi
- Lonesome Pine AirportLNP, 41 mi
- Twin County AirportHLX, 58 mi
- New River Valley AirportPSK, 62 mi
- Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive AirportBCB, 77 mi
- Lee County Airport0VG, 83 mi
- Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional AirportROA, 102 mi