Citizen station FW2288FW2288
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/2,740 ft/764 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Shot Tower State Historical Park is 51° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest Sunday, near 66°. Rain is likely Sunday (59%) and Monday (51%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:10 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 38 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Shot Tower State Historical Park, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 13 miles off.
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.96 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 8 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Shot Tower State Historical Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW2288FW2288
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/2,740 ft/764 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
HillsvilleHLX
At an airfield/7.6 mi away/2,736 ft/760 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
New River Near Galax03164000
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.6 mi away/2,207 ft/231 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Woodlawn 5.3 NNWVA-CR-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/2,702 ft/726 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wytheville 1 SWYTV2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/2,195 ft/219 ft above 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.