Temperature
63 F at 11 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 6 AM, and 62 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 63F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 71F
- 6 AM
- Lowest
- 62F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM (70%).
Now. Accomack County Airport is 62° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 62°, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (70%) and Saturday (88%). Rain is possible Monday (30%).
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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Accomack County Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 64 miles off.
Highest 53, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 23° / 203° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Melfa/Accomack Arpt (MFV), Accomack County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
63 F at 11 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 6 AM, and 62 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 59 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 7 AM to 87% at 3 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the east at 11 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 28 mph at 7 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.10 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,400 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 18 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
Melfa/Accomack Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Accomack 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/49 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/26.2 mi away/29 ft/18 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Onley 0.6 SEVA-AC-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/43 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PainterPAIV2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/26 ft/21 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
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.