Temperature
67 F at 4 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 67F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 67F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia
Medium airport in Virginia Beach city, Virginia67°
87°/65°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 4 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 91% around 9 AM.
Now. Oceana Naval Air Station is 67° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%). Rain is possible Sunday (33%), Monday (49%), Tuesday (43%), Wednesday (38%) and Thursday (37%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8765
61%
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6454
94%
28mph
Sun
Oct 18
6450
33%
29mph
Mon
Oct 19
6654
49%
26mph
Tue
Oct 20
6755
43%
22mph
Wed
Oct 21
6856
38%
24mph
Thu
Oct 22
6857
37%
22mph
67°
87°65°
64°54°
64°50°
66°54°
67°55°
68°56°
68°57°
As of 4:00 AM in Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Oceana Naval Air Station
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 26 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate15.2 mi
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)29Good15.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.1 ppb15.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.9 ppb15.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0 ppm15.2 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 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oceana Naval Air Station
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Oceana Naval Air Station, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NTU
- ICAO
- KNTU
- IATA
- NTU
- Field elevation
- 23 ft
- Serves
- Virginia Beach
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NTU
- Wind now
- From 230° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L / 23R | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 42° / 222° | 7 mph head, on 23R | 1 mph from the right |
| 05R / 23L | 12,001 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 42° / 222° | 7 mph head, on 23L | 1 mph from the right |
| 14L / 32R | 8,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 134° / 314° | 1 mph head, on 32R | 7 mph from the left |
| 14R / 32L | 8,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 134° / 314° | 1 mph head, on 32L | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Oceana NAS/Soucek (NTU), Oceana Naval Air Station'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 71% at 5 AM Thursday to 97% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 8 AM Thursday, with a gust of 31 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 8 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 4 AM; 1 miles now.
- Now
- 1mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 4 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 200 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 4 AM
- 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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Oceana NAS/Soucek: 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 Oceana Naval Air Station, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/23 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mapleton 2NE - Bypass CanalMPTV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/20 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/33.0 mi away/29 ft/6 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Virginia Beach 7.4 NNEVA-VBC-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/38 ft/15 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorfolkNFKV2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/30 ft/7 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), 11.3 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 Oceana Naval Air Station
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Virginia Beachcity, 4 mi
- Chesapeakecity, 14 mi
- Norfolkcity, 14 mi
- Portsmouthcity, 17 mi
- Hamptoncity, 24 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 29 mi
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 29 mi
- Poquosoncity, 29 mi
- Suffolkcity, 30 mi
- Cape Charlestown, 31 mi
- Benns Churchcommunity, 32 mi
- Newport Newscity, 32 mi
Airports near Oceana Naval Air Station
- Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing FieldNFE, 11 mi
- Norfolk International AirportORF, 11 mi
- Norfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field)NGU, 16 mi
- Chesapeake Regional AirportCPK, 19 mi
- Hampton Roads Executive AirportPVG, 23 mi
- Langley Air Force BaseLFI, 26 mi
- Suffolk Executive AirportSFQ, 33 mi
- Newport News Williamsburg International AirportPHF, 33 mi