Parks/Virginia/Powhatan State Park

Powhatan State Park, Virginia

State Park in Goochland County, Virginia

63° 86°/61°

Mostly cloudy· Feels like 63°·Light air 1 mph SSE

Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (57%).

Now. Powhatan State Park is 63° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southeast at 1 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (88%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

33Air quality

97%Humidity

85%Cloud

Now

2:00 AM

63feels63

Today

Oct 16

8661

75%

Sat

Oct 17

5750

88%

14mph

Sun

Oct 18

5840

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

6141

14%

Tue

Oct 20

6645

10%

Wed

Oct 21

6649

Thu

Oct 22

6549

63°

86°61°

57°50°

58°40°

61°41°

66°45°

66°49°

65°49°

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

Air quality

The air at Powhatan State Park

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 33 miles off.

33Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
Ozone17Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

GoodModerate

52YesterdayOct 15
53TodayOct 16

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 Powhatan State Park

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.04in
Last 3 days: 0.04in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 2.5 sq mi
Height at its point: 145 ft
County: Goochland County
State: Virginia
Latitude: 37.6759° N
Longitude: 77.9490° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Powhatan State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW5196EW5196

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.5 mi away/165 ft/20 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Wellesley Lake At Dam At Short Pump0203667630

At a dam/17.8 mi away/241 ft/96 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Bumpass7W4

At an airfield/22.9 mi away/341 ft/196 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

N Piedmont ArecS2039

At a soil climate station/39.6 mi away/520 ft/375 ft above here