Citizen station DW3414DW3414
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/2,887 ft/94 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Shenandoah National Park until 8 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 29 degrees cooler: a high of 47° after 76° today.
Now. Shenandoah National Park is 77° and partly cloudy at 5 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the west at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 57° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 7 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 57°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 47°. Rain is likely tomorrow (56%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 PM in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Shenandoah National Park (VA), 3 miles off.
Yesterday measured 27, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Shenandoah National Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW3414DW3414
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/2,887 ft/94 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
LurayLUA
At an airfield/12.5 mi away/902 ft/2,079 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Virginia Headquarters RawsLHQV2
A remote fire weather station/13.0 mi away/1,168 ft/1,813 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
N Piedmont ArecS2039
At a soil climate station/25.5 mi away/520 ft/2,461 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Stanley 0.5 SSWVA-PG-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/1,110 ft/1,871 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LurayLRYV2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/1,316 ft/1,665 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.