Temperature
59 F at 12 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 59F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 3 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Grant County Airport
Grant County Airport, West Virginia
Small airport in Grant County, West Virginia60°
85°/60°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Light air 3 mph ENE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 30 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 85° today.
Now. Grant County Airport is 60° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the east-northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some 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 55°. Rain is possible tomorrow (31%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:34 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
60feels60
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8560
39%
16mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5538
31%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5932
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6334
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6737
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6639
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6539
mostly clear day
60°
85°60°
55°38°
59°32°
63°34°
67°37°
66°39°
65°39°
As of 2:00 AM in Grant County Airport, West Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Grant County Airport
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Harrisonburg (VA), 40 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
- Ozone3Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Grant County Airport
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Last 3 days
- 0.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 20%
Visibility
How far you can see at Grant County Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- W99
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- PGC
- Field elevation
- 963 ft
- Serves
- Petersburg
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- W99
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 122° / 302° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Grant_County_Airport (W99), Grant County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 100% at 3 AM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 100 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.15 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.15in
- Wettest hour
- 0.06in
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Grant_County_Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Grant 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/961 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
HuckHUKW2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.9 mi away/2,736 ft/1,773 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Elkins 21 ENE03733
At a climate reference station/17.4 mi away/3,390 ft/2,427 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
PetersburgPETW2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/994 ft/31 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Rig 0.4 NWWV-HY-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/1,115 ft/152 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Petersburg (PETW2), 0.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in West Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Grant County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Petersburgcity, 1 mi
- Moorefieldtown, 11 mi
- Canaan Valleyski area, 17 mi
- Davistown, 19 mi
- Harmantown, 21 mi
- Thomascity, 22 mi
- Bayardtown, 22 mi
- Whitmercommunity, 25 mi
- Brandywinecommunity, 26 mi
- Franklintown, 26 mi
- Burlingtoncommunity, 27 mi
- Hendrickstown, 27 mi
Airports near Grant County Airport
- Elkins-Randolph County Regional AirportEKN, 39 mi
- Upshur County Regional AirportW22, 61 mi
- Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart FieldMGW, 61 mi
- North Central West Virginia AirportCKB, 62 mi
- Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd FieldMRB, 68 mi
- Braxton County Airport48I, 84 mi
- Greenbrier Valley AirportLWB, 104 mi
- Wheeling Ohio County AirportHLG, 114 mi