Temperature
65 F at 12 AM; 76 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 76F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM, the chance peaking at 68% around 4 AM.
Now. Lunenburg County Airport is 65° and mostly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, under cloud. 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 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (87%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Lunenburg County Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Prince Edward Co. (VA), 23 miles off.
Yesterday measured 24, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,000 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 19° / 199° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Kenbridge (W31), Lunenburg County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 12 AM; 76 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 12 PM Thursday to 97% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 7 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Kenbridge: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 3 instruments nearest Lunenburg County 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 now1 instrument
KenbridgeW31
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/514 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Victoria 0.9 NVA-LB-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/526 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Blackstone 4SECAPV2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.3 mi away/400 ft/126 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.