Temperature
57 F at 11 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 1 PM.
- Now
- 57F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 72F
- 2 AM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 23 degrees warmer: a high of 83° after 60° today.
Now. Winchester Regional Airport is 58° and light rain at 11 PM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 58°, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 83°, and the coolest Saturday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (50%). Rain is possible Saturday (39%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Winchester Regional Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Winchester (VA), 8 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 5,498 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 7 mph head, on 14 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Winchester Rgnl (OKV), Winchester Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
57 F at 11 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 1 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 55 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 10 AM to 100% at 8 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the south southeast at 11 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 PM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 2 PM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 8 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 2 PM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Winchester Rgnl: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Winchester Regional 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/728 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort Valley RAWSFVRV2
A remote fire weather station/25.5 mi away/1,115 ft/389 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Winchester 2.4 ESEVA-FD-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/719 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WinchesterWSTV2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/640 ft/86 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Winchester (WSTV2), 3.1 miles from here, read 6 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.