Temperature
67 F at 6 AM; 75 F at its warmest, 9 AM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 67F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 75F
- 9 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Suffolk Executive Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Suffolk city, Virginia67°
87°/65°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 4 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 85% around 9 AM.
Now. Suffolk Executive Airport is 67° and overcast at 6 AM. The dew point is 67°, 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 56° 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 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (88%). Rain is possible Monday (36%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 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 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8765
48%
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5953
88%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6147
24%
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6451
36%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6753
24%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6854
24%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6756
28%
14mph
67°
87°65°
59°53°
61°47°
64°51°
67°53°
68°54°
67°56°
As of 6:00 AM in Suffolk Executive Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Suffolk Executive Airport
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 18 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)27Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Suffolk Executive Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Suffolk Executive Airport, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SFQ
- ICAO
- KSFQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 72 ft
- Serves
- Suffolk
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SFQ
- Wind now
- From 220° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 06:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,007 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 29° / 209° | 5 mph head, on 22 | 1 mph from the right |
| 07 / 25 | 3,750 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 64° / 244° | 5 mph head, on 25 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Suffolk (SFQ), Suffolk Executive Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 10 AM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the southwest at 6 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 6 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 4 AM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- 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 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
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
Suffolk: 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 Suffolk Executive 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
measured daily2 instruments
Suffolk 4.5 ENEVA-SFC-37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/23 ft/49 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SuffolkSUFV2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/46 ft/26 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 Suffolk (SUFV2), 3.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Suffolk Executive Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Suffolkcity, 6 mi
- Windsortown, 12 mi
- Carrsvillecommunity, 13 mi
- Camptowncommunity, 17 mi
- Portsmouthcity, 17 mi
- Benns Churchcommunity, 17 mi
- Franklincity, 19 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 19 mi
- Chesapeakecity, 19 mi
- Southampton Meadowscommunity, 19 mi
- Smithfieldtown, 20 mi
- Norfolkcity, 21 mi
Airports near Suffolk Executive Airport
- Hampton Roads Executive AirportPVG, 11 mi
- Chesapeake Regional AirportCPK, 16 mi
- Franklin Regional AirportFKN, 17 mi
- Norfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field)NGU, 25 mi
- Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing FieldNFE, 26 mi
- Norfolk International AirportORF, 27 mi
- Wakefield Municipal AirportAKQ, 31 mi
- Langley Air Force BaseLFI, 31 mi