Temperature
54 F at 3 AM; 83 F at its warmest, 1 PM Friday, and 54 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 83F
- 1 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 54F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Blue Ridge Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Henry County, Virginia55°
58°/43°
Light rain·
Feels like 55°·Light air 3 mph N
Now. Blue Ridge Airport is 55° and light rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 3 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:44 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
34Air quality
86%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
55feels55
now, rain light
Today
Oct 17
5843
overcast
Sun
Oct 18
5834
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6235
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6939
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6741
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6840
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 23
6942
clear day
55°
58°43°
58°34°
62°35°
69°39°
67°41°
68°40°
69°42°
As of 3:00 AM in Blue Ridge Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Blue Ridge Airport
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Forsyth County-Winston-Salem-Greensboro-High Point (NC), 41 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone34Good39 ppb23.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 90, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 90YesterdayOct 16
- 33TodayOct 17
- 34SunOct 18
- 39MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Blue Ridge Airport
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.07in
Visibility
How far you can see at Blue Ridge Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MTV
- ICAO
- KMTV
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 941 ft
- Serves
- Martinsville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MTV
- Wind now
- Calm, read 17 Oct, 03:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 118° / 298° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Martinsville (MTV), Blue Ridge Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 4 PM Friday to 92% at 6 AM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 PM Friday, with a gust of 26 mph at 9 PM Friday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 PM Friday
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 9 PM Friday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 5 AM Friday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 5 AM Friday
- 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 4 AM Friday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 4 AM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.19 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 9 PM Friday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.19in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 9 PM Friday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Martinsville: 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 Blue Ridge Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
MartinsvilleMTV
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/942 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.4 mi away/1,127 ft/186 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Reynolds HomesteadS2089
At a soil climate station/6.4 mi away/1,127 ft/186 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Spencer 2.1 WSWVA-HN-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/918 ft/23 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Filter PlantMARV2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/781 ft/160 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 Filter Plant (MARV2), 9.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Blue Ridge Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Horse Pasturecommunity, 4 mi
- Fieldalecommunity, 7 mi
- Villa Heightscommunity, 8 mi
- Collinsvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Bassettcommunity, 9 mi
- Stanleytowncommunity, 9 mi
- Martinsvillecity, 9 mi
- Ridgewaytown, 10 mi
- Patrick Springscommunity, 10 mi
- Chatmosscommunity, 12 mi
- Oak Levelcommunity, 12 mi
- Laurel Parkcommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Blue Ridge Airport
- Danville Regional AirportDAN, 38 mi
- Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive AirportBCB, 45 mi
- Twin County AirportHLX, 46 mi
- Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional AirportROA, 48 mi
- New River Valley AirportPSK, 51 mi
- William M Tuck AirportW78, 65 mi
- Brookneal/Campbell County Airport0V4, 66 mi
- Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn FieldLYH, 66 mi