Citizen station GW6920GW6920
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/230 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Severe Thunderstorm Watch, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in force for Lake Barcroft Beach until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 60% around 8 PM.
Now. Lake Barcroft Beach is 78° and mostly clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 51° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (65%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:26 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 PM in Lake Barcroft Beach, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia and DC (DC), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Lake Barcroft Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW6920GW6920
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/230 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Met STN At City Hall At Falls Church385309077102101
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/355 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/6.1 mi away/66 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Seven Corners 0.1 WNWVA-FX-130
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/306 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dunn LoringDNLV2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/489 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Dunn Loring (DNLV2), 5.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. 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.