Temperature
74 F at 12 PM; 78 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 74F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 78F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Mountain Empire Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Smyth County, Virginia74°
74°/60°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 74°·Gentle breeze 12 mph W
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 58% around 6 AM.
Now. Mountain Empire Airport is 74° and mostly cloudy at 12 PM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 57° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under 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 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (86%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV Moderate
29Air quality
62%Humidity
73%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
74feels74
12mph
Today
Oct 16
7460
73%
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
4839
86%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5429
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5832
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6237
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6341
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6341
mostly clear day
74°
74°60°
48°39°
54°29°
58°32°
62°37°
63°41°
63°41°
As of 12:00 PM in Mountain Empire Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Mountain Empire Airport
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 15 miles off.
29Good
- Ozone29Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mountain Empire Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Mountain Empire Airport, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MKJ
- ICAO
- KMKJ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,558 ft
- Serves
- Rural Retreat
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MKJ
- Wind now
- From 260° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,252 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 73° / 253° | 13 mph head, on 26 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Marion / Wytheville (MKJ), Mountain Empire Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 60 F, the air 62% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 4 PM Thursday to 92% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 60F
- 12 PM
- Humidity now
- 62%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the west at 12 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 24 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 12 PM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 12 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.18inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 3 AM, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 5
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
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
Marion / Wytheville: 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 Mountain Empire 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/2,559 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Stony Fork Usfs RAWSSFRV2
A remote fire weather station/12.4 mi away/2,562 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Speedwell 1.5 NNEVA-WT-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.7 mi away/2,360 ft/198 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Burkes GardenBURV2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.7 mi away/3,114 ft/556 ft above 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 Burkes Garden (BURV2), 13.7 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 Mountain Empire Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Atkinscommunity, 4 mi
- Rural Retreattown, 4 mi
- Sugar Grovecommunity, 9 mi
- Mariontown, 10 mi
- McMullincommunity, 14 mi
- Troutdaletown, 14 mi
- Wythevilletown, 15 mi
- Adwolfcommunity, 15 mi
- Seven Mile Fordcommunity, 16 mi
- Grattoncommunity, 18 mi
- Tazewelltown, 18 mi
- Blandcommunity, 19 mi
Airports near Mountain Empire Airport
- Tazewell County AirportJFZ, 27 mi
- Twin County AirportHLX, 30 mi
- Virginia Highlands AirportVJI, 40 mi
- New River Valley AirportPSK, 41 mi
- Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive AirportBCB, 56 mi
- Lonesome Pine AirportLNP, 65 mi
- Blue Ridge AirportMTV, 76 mi
- Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional AirportROA, 81 mi