Temperature
65 F at 12 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 6 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 84% around 1 AM.
Now. Hummel Field is 65° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:28 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Hummel Field, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 47 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 unlit | 3,150 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 356° / 176° | 3 mph head, on 19 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Saluda Hummel Field (W75), Hummel Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
65 F at 12 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 6 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 61 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 10 AM Thursday to 86% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 20 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
Saluda Hummel Field: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Hummel Field, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/35 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a park or preserve/19.5 mi away/37 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/36.1 mi away/29 ft/1 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Locust Hill 1.1 ENEVA-MX-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/30 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorthNTHV2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/49 ft/19 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at North (NTHV2), 11.6 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 17:00. 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.