Citizen station FW3124FW3124
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/284 ft/26 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Severe Thunderstorm Watch, in full
Alert. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in force for Lake Anna State Park until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 63% around 3 AM.
Now. Lake Anna State Park is 78° and mostly clear at 1 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (71%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 PM in Lake Anna State Park, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 35 miles off.
Yesterday measured 25, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Lake Anna State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW3124FW3124
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/284 ft/26 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Louisa County/Freeman FieldLKU
At an airfield/10.7 mi away/492 ft/234 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
OrangeORGV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.5 mi away/545 ft/287 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
N Piedmont ArecS2039
At a soil climate station/17.0 mi away/520 ft/262 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Mineral 7.6 NNEVA-SP-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/335 ft/77 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LouisaLOUV2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/394 ft/136 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Orange (ORGV2), 16.5 miles from here, read 12 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.