Temperature
67 F at 4 AM; 76 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 76F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Mercer County Airport
Mercer County Airport, West Virginia
Medium airport in Mercer County, West VirginiaSpecial Weather Statement, in full
Pockets of fog, which, will be dense at times will be present through the morning commute across the area. This may lead to difficult driving conditions as visibilities will be reduced down to 1/4 mile or less in localized areas. Drivers are recommended to leave early to account for slow commute times this morning and only use low beam headlights.
67°
73°/62°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 6 mph SSW
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Mercer County Airport until 8 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 6 PM, the chance peaking at 65% around 5 AM.
Now. Mercer County Airport is 67° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° 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 Wednesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 46°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
7Air quality
87%Humidity
45%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
67feels67
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
7362
86%
12mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
4640
94%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5331
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5734
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6138
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6341
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6342
UV 6
67°
73°62°
46°40°
53°31°
57°34°
61°38°
63°41°
63°42°
As of 4:00 AM in Mercer County Airport, West Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Mercer County Airport
Index 7, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 25 miles off.
7Good
- Ozone7Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mercer County Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.46in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 24%
Visibility
How far you can see at Mercer County Airport, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BLF
- ICAO
- KBLF
- IATA
- BLF
- Field elevation
- 2,857 ft
- Serves
- Bluefield
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BLF
- Wind now
- From 220° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,743 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 42° / 222° | 6 mph head, on 23 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bluefield/Mercer Co (BLF), Mercer County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 9 PM Thursday to 99% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 73 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the west southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 17 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 5 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 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.13 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.12 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Wettest hour
- 0.12in
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bluefield/Mercer Co: 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 Mercer 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,858 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Eads MillsEAMW2
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.8 mi away/2,057 ft/800 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bluefield 0.4 ESEWV-MC-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/2,593 ft/264 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BluefieldBLFW2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/2,516 ft/341 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 West Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Mercer County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Mercer County Airport
- Kee FieldI16, 29 mi
- Raleigh County Memorial AirportBKW, 34 mi
- Logan County Airport6L4, 55 mi
- Greenbrier Valley AirportLWB, 59 mi
- Yeager AirportCRW, 77 mi
- Braxton County Airport48I, 101 mi
- Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson FieldHTS, 104 mi
- Upshur County Regional AirportW22, 128 mi