Temperature
67 F at 7 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 9 AM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 67F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 9 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Virginia
Small airport in Chesapeake city, Virginia67°
87°/65°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (90%).
Now. Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field is 67° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 7 AM, with some 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 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%). Rain is possible Sunday (33%), Monday (49%), Tuesday (36%), Wednesday (37%) and Thursday (36%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 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 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8765
53%
12mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6253
94%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6349
33%
22mph
Mon
Oct 19
6653
49%
20mph
Tue
Oct 20
6754
36%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
6855
37%
20mph
Thu
Oct 22
6856
36%
16mph
67°
87°65°
62°53°
63°49°
66°53°
67°54°
68°55°
68°56°
As of 8:00 AM in Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 25 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good14.5 mi
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good14.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.6 ppb14.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.8 ppb14.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm14.5 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NFE
- ICAO
- KNFE
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 16 ft
- Serves
- Fentress
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NFE
- Wind now
- Variable at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:58
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 8,004 ft | 175 ft | Asphalt | 47° / 227° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fentress (NFE), Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 9 AM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph at 7 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 28 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.99 inHg at 7 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.99inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 3 AM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 3 AM
- 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 300 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 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
Fentress: 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 Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
FentressNFE
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/16 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mapleton 2NE - Bypass CanalMPTV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.5 mi away/20 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chesapeake 4.9 ENEVA-CSC-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/20 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorfolkNFKV2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/30 ft/14 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 Norfolk (NFKV2), 13.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chesapeakecity, 9 mi
- Norfolkcity, 14 mi
- Virginia Beachcity, 14 mi
- Portsmouthcity, 15 mi
- Suffolkcity, 24 mi
- Hamptoncity, 27 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 28 mi
- Benns Churchcommunity, 30 mi
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 32 mi
- Smithfieldtown, 33 mi
- Poquosoncity, 33 mi
- Newport Newscity, 34 mi
Airports near Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
- Chesapeake Regional AirportCPK, 10 mi
- Oceana Naval Air StationNTU, 11 mi
- Norfolk International AirportORF, 15 mi
- Hampton Roads Executive AirportPVG, 18 mi
- Norfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field)NGU, 19 mi
- Suffolk Executive AirportSFQ, 26 mi
- Langley Air Force BaseLFI, 30 mi
- Newport News Williamsburg International AirportPHF, 36 mi