Temperature
64 F at 4 AM; 80 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 80F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Virginia Highlands Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Washington County, Virginia63°
77°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 63°·Light air 2 mph WSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 5 AM (50%).
Now. Virginia Highlands Airport is 63° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the west-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 5 AM, under 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 64): 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 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:54 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
64Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
63feels63
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7761
90%
17mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5043
97%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5932
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6335
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6639
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6841
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6843
UV 6
63°
77°61°
50°43°
59°32°
63°35°
66°39°
68°41°
68°43°
As of 5:00 AM in Virginia Highlands Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Virginia Highlands Airport
Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 22 miles off.
64Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
- Ozone7Good6 ppb24.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)27Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
- 42SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Virginia Highlands Airport
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 Virginia Highlands Airport, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VJI
- ICAO
- KVJI
- IATA
- VJI
- Field elevation
- 2,087 ft
- Serves
- Abingdon
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VJI
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 56° / 236° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Abingdon (VJI), Virginia Highlands Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 63 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 4 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.10inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 11 PM Thursday
- 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 2,800 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,800ft
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
Abingdon: 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 Virginia Highlands 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
AbingdonVJI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,070 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wise 1SE RAWSWSEV2
A remote fire weather station/35.0 mi away/2,490 ft/403 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Abingdon 1.5 WVA-WH-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/2,030 ft/57 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Abingdon 3SABIV2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/1,923 ft/164 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Virginia Highlands Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Abingdontown, 4 mi
- Bristolcity, 11 mi
- Meadowviewcommunity, 11 mi
- Emorycommunity, 13 mi
- Damascustown, 14 mi
- Lebanontown, 15 mi
- Mendotacommunity, 15 mi
- Glade Springtown, 16 mi
- Clevelandtown, 19 mi
- Castlewoodcommunity, 19 mi
- Allison Gapcommunity, 20 mi
- Saltvilletown, 20 mi
Airports near Virginia Highlands Airport
- Tazewell County AirportJFZ, 29 mi
- Lonesome Pine AirportLNP, 34 mi
- Mountain Empire AirportMKJ, 40 mi
- Lee County Airport0VG, 66 mi
- Twin County AirportHLX, 67 mi
- New River Valley AirportPSK, 81 mi
- Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive AirportBCB, 97 mi
- Blue Ridge AirportMTV, 112 mi