Temperature
61 F at 12 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 2 AM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 67F
- 2 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bridgewater Air Park, Virginia
Small airport in Rockingham County, Virginia61°
83°/58°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Light breeze 4 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 29 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 83° today.
Now. Bridgewater Air Park is 61° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (40%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
61feels61
17%
Today
Oct 16
8358
27%
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5444
40%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5533
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
5835
11%
Tue
Oct 20
6439
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6441
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6241
mostly clear day
61°
83°58°
54°44°
55°33°
58°35°
64°39°
64°41°
62°41°
As of 1:00 AM in Bridgewater Air Park, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Bridgewater Air Park
Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Harrisonburg (VA), 7 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
- Ozone6Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bridgewater Air Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Bridgewater Air Park, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VBW
- ICAO
- KVBW
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,165 ft
- Serves
- Bridgewater
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VBW
- Wind now
- From 200° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 unlit | 4,034 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bridgewater (VBW), Bridgewater Air Park's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 100% at 2 AM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 100 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 4 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 10 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bridgewater: 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 Bridgewater Air Park, 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
BridgewaterVBW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,146 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dale EnterpriseDALV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/1,319 ft/154 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
ShenandoahS2088
At a soil climate station/33.7 mi away/1,763 ft/598 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bridgewater 0.3 SEVA-RH-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,206 ft/41 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dale EnterpriseDALV2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/1,319 ft/154 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 Dale Enterprise (DALV2), 5.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Bridgewater Air Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mount Crawfordtown, 1 mi
- Bridgewatertown, 1 mi
- Daytontown, 3 mi
- Belmont Estatescommunity, 6 mi
- Weyers Cavecommunity, 6 mi
- Massanetta Springscommunity, 7 mi
- Mount Sidneycommunity, 7 mi
- Harrisonburgcity, 8 mi
- Keezletowncommunity, 9 mi
- Port Republiccommunity, 10 mi
- Grottoestown, 10 mi
- Veronacommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Bridgewater Air Park
- Shenandoah Valley Regional AirportSHD, 8 mi
- Eagle's Nest AirportW13, 20 mi
- New Market Airport8W2, 24 mi
- Charlottesville Albemarle AirportCHO, 32 mi
- Luray Caverns AirportLUA, 32 mi
- Gordonsville Municipal AirportGVE, 45 mi
- Orange County AirportOMH, 50 mi
- Front Royal Warren County AirportFRR, 54 mi