Temperature
62 F at 12 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 62F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 3 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field, Virginia
Medium airport in Campbell County, Virginia62°
85°/59°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Light air 3 mph E
Coming up. Tomorrow is 27 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 85° today.
Now. Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field is 62° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 Tuesday, near 68°, and the coolest Sunday, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (54%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:40 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
11Air quality
96%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
62feels62
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8559
33%
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5849
54%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5736
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6137
12%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6841
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6744
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6545
mostly clear day
62°
85°59°
58°49°
57°36°
61°37°
68°41°
67°44°
65°45°
As of 1:00 AM in Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field
Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Natural Bridge (VA), 28 miles off.
11Good
- Ozone11Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 35, good.
GoodModerate
- 35YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 4 AM, under a mile for 8 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LYH
- ICAO
- KLYH
- IATA
- LYH
- Field elevation
- 938 ft
- Serves
- Lynchburg
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LYH
- Wind now
- From 20° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:12
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,100 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 28° / 208° | 5 mph head, on 04 | 1 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 3,386 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 162° / 342° | 4 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lynchburg/P. Glenn (LYH), Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 3 AM Thursday to 100% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the north at 12 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 6 PM Thursday
- 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 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
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
- 0.00in
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lynchburg/P. Glenn: 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 Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/938 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lynchburg 6.1 SVA-CM-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/853 ft/85 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Concord 4 SswCONV2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/815 ft/123 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 Concord 4 Ssw (CONV2), 13.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Timberlakecommunity, 3 mi
- Lynchburgcity, 5 mi
- Forestcommunity, 5 mi
- Rustburgcommunity, 7 mi
- Madison Heightscommunity, 10 mi
- Concordcommunity, 12 mi
- Altavistatown, 15 mi
- Hurttown, 17 mi
- Big Islandcommunity, 17 mi
- Bedfordtown, 18 mi
- Motleycommunity, 20 mi
- Amhersttown, 20 mi
Airports near Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field
- Brookneal/Campbell County Airport0V4, 16 mi
- Farmville Regional AirportFVX, 42 mi
- Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional AirportROA, 43 mi
- William M Tuck AirportW78, 47 mi
- Danville Regional AirportDAN, 53 mi
- Chase City Municipal AirportCXE, 54 mi
- Eagle's Nest AirportW13, 54 mi
- Ingalls FieldHSP, 55 mi