Temperature
64 F at 7 AM; 78 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 78F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Kee Field
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Kee Field until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 2 AM, the chance peaking at 70% around 6 AM.
Now. Kee Field is 56° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:49 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Kee Field, West Virginia.
Air quality
Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Giles Co. (VA), 49 miles off.
Yesterday measured 26, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 3,701 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 70° / 250° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Pineville (I16), Kee Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 7 AM; 78 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
30.08 inHg at 7 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 4 AM, under a mile for 8 hours; 0.5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.59 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.24 in, in the hour to 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pineville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Kee 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 now2 instruments
PinevilleI16
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,785 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Berwind RAWSBRWW2
A remote fire weather station/24.8 mi away/1,660 ft/123 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Located Next To Laurel RiverOCAW2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/1,348 ft/435 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Eckman 1.1 NWWV-MD-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.6 mi away/1,562 ft/221 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.