ChesterfieldFCI
At an airfield/4.8 mi away/236 ft/144 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 78% around 6 AM.
Now. Bellwood is 64° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 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. 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Bellwood, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 5 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Bellwood, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Bellwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ChesterfieldFCI
At an airfield/4.8 mi away/236 ft/144 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Met Station At Varina Public Library At Varina372738077224501
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.0 mi away/133 ft/41 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW2294FW2294
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/184 ft/92 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chester 1.7 NVA-CS-63
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/144 ft/52 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Varina 1NNWVRNV2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/162 ft/70 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 4.8 mi from Bellwood, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:29 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.
64.4 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.
From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Chesterfield, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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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.