Parks/Virginia/Natural Tunnel State Park

Natural Tunnel State Park, Virginia

State Park in Scott County, Virginia

66° 79°/63°

Partly cloudy· Feels like 66°·Light air 3 mph SSW

Coming up. Tomorrow is 26 degrees cooler: a high of 53° after 79° today.

Now. Natural Tunnel State Park is 66° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 6 AM, under cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (76%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:57 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 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

59Air quality

100%Humidity

43%Cloud

Now

2:00 AM

66feels66

Today

Oct 16

7963

63%

13mph

UV 6

Sat

Oct 17

5344

76%

13mph

Sun

Oct 18

6235

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

6637

UV 6

Tue

Oct 20

6841

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

7144

UV 6

Thu

Oct 22

7145

UV 6

66°

79°63°

53°44°

62°35°

66°37°

68°41°

71°44°

71°45°

As of 2:00 AM in Natural Tunnel State Park, Virginia.

Air quality

The air at Natural Tunnel State Park

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 26 miles off.

59Moderate

Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
Ozone19Good11 ppb16.6 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

GoodModerate

56YesterdayOct 15
50TodayOct 16
42SatOct 17

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Natural Tunnel State Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Natural Tunnel State Park, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 1.37 sq mi
Height at its point: 1,704 ft
County: Scott County
State: Virginia
Latitude: 36.7119° N
Longitude: 82.7440° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Natural Tunnel State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station DW6569DW6569

In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.5 mi away/1,729 ft/25 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Wise 1SE RAWSWSEV2

A remote fire weather station/20.4 mi away/2,490 ft/786 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Wise/Lonesome PineLNP

At an airfield/22.4 mi away/2,680 ft/976 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Big Stone GapBSTV2