South Hill/Mecklenburg-BrunswickAVC
At an airfield/1.6 mi away/443 ft/81 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 69% around 4 AM.
Now. Brodnax is 65° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 8 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 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Brodnax, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 40 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Brodnax, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Brodnax, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
South Hill/Mecklenburg-BrunswickAVC
At an airfield/1.6 mi away/443 ft/81 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW7362GW7362
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/430 ft/68 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
John H. Kerr Reservoir At Dam Near Boydton02079490
At a dam/16.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
La Crosse 1.7 SVA-MC-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/434 ft/72 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
John H Kerr DamKERV2
At a dam/16.5 mi away/243 ft/119 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.5 mi from Brodnax, Virginia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.
Calm.
At 430 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.46 inHg and the temperature at 57.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.15 inHg means its barometer reads 29.68 inHg; it reports 65.0 F, 7.5 F warmer than standard.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 36.74 N, and the day is 11 h 05 min long. Level ground there takes 70 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.
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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.