Citizen station EW7338EW7338
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.6 mi away/1,134 ft/267 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Smith Mountain Lake State Park, Virginia
State Park in Bedford County, Virginia64°
84°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 64°·Light air 1 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM (70%).
Now. Smith Mountain Lake State Park is 64° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (79%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
97%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
64feels64
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8461
39%
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5648
79%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5737
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6038
11%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6743
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6746
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6647
mostly clear day
64°
84°61°
56°48°
57°37°
60°38°
67°43°
67°46°
66°47°
As of 5:00 AM in Smith Mountain Lake State Park, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Smith Mountain Lake State Park
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Roanoke (VA), 30 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good21 mi
- Ozone9Good9 ppb21 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.7 ppb21 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb21 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm21 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Smith Mountain Lake State Park
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 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 Smith Mountain Lake State Park, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 1.97 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 867 ft
- County
- Bedford County
- State
- Virginia
- Latitude
- 37.0987° N
- Longitude
- 79.5842° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Smith Mountain Lake State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Meteorological STN At Garden City At Roanoke371339079554400
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.0 mi away/1,105 ft/238 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/25.8 mi away/938 ft/71 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Moneta 6.2 SVA-FR-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/845 ft/22 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HuddlestonHUDV2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/869 ft/2 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Huddleston (HUDV2), 3.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Smith Mountain Lake State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Shorecommunity, 4 mi
- Monetacommunity, 6 mi
- Westlake Cornercommunity, 7 mi
- Penhookcommunity, 7 mi
- Union Hallcommunity, 7 mi
- Motleycommunity, 13 mi
- Hurttown, 16 mi
- Gretnatown, 16 mi
- Stewartsvillecommunity, 16 mi
- Altavistatown, 16 mi
- Bedfordtown, 17 mi
- Henry Forkcommunity, 18 mi