Temperature
73 F at 10 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 66 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 10 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 10 AM
- Lowest
- 66F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Greenbrier Valley Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 60% around 6 AM.
Now. Greenbrier Valley Airport is 72° and clear at 11 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 AM in Greenbrier Valley Airport, West Virginia.
Air quality
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 13 miles off.
Yesterday measured 17, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,003 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 35° / 215° | 9 mph head, on 22 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Lewisburg/Greenbrie (LWB), Greenbrier Valley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 10 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 66 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 10 AM to 100% at 12 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
9 mph from the southwest at 10 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 AM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.00 inHg at 10 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 10 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.12 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lewisburg/Greenbrie: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Greenbrier Valley Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/2,303 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AldersonALRW2
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/1,558 ft/744 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/1,906 ft/396 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Falling Spring 2.7 NWWV-GB-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.1 mi away/2,459 ft/157 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at White Sulphur Springs (WSUW2), 6.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:30. 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.