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PWRS HEADLINES & NOTES: From NWS Wakefield: TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS JULY 2020 KPWR STATION BASIC STATS OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA: (July database to 1976) WARMEST JULY IN DATABASE ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPS 84.4° (+4.2°) DRIEST JULY IN THE DATABASE WELL-BELOW NORMAL RAIN 1.50" (-4.12"/ 27%) 2020 ANNUAL RAIN 29.65" (+0.47"/102%)            SUMMER SAFETY WEATHER-READY NATION BEACH & RIP CURRENT FORECASTS Important "Know Before You Go" Info NWS WAKEFIELD REPORT: DECADE 2010-2019 EXTREMES [ Richmond, Norfolk, Salisbury, Elizabeth City ] NWS WAKEFIELD SUMMARY: May & Spring 2020 Review [ Richmond, Norfolk, Salisbury, Elizabeth City ]   ARCHIVE OF DAILY DATA SUMMARIES   PWRS NEW STATION RECORDS   PWRS MONTHLY & YEAR-TO-DATE CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARIES   PWRS MONTHLY ALMANAC   WEATHER DESK MORNING UPDATES: -> Past 24-hours Observations -> Past 5-days & Monthly Overview -> Daily Summaries -> Monthly Summaries    NWS AKQ SPECIAL STATEMENTS ARCHIVE    NWS AKQ PORTSMOUTH SPECIFIC SPECIAL STATEMENTS    NWS AKQ DAILY PRECIPITATION SUMMARY    PWRS APRSWXNET OBSERVATION PAGE    PWRS WEATHER UNDERGROUND DASHBOARD PWRS Main Weather Subpages observations now & then; real-time observations from West Cradock in Portsmouth, Virginia, and the world quick data links to the data files we update daily (click each phrase): desktop graphics | past 24-hours obs | accumulated monthly obs | today's preliminary summary | yesterday's summary | current monthly summary | monthly LCD summaries | graph of obs past 5-days | station day-by-day almanac webcams cams to check local, time-lapse video, archived movies from the weather observation window trends weather trends shown in graphical plots climate database daily, monthly, yearly, long-term, extremes & normals forecasts & tools get your forecast & tools for forecast here including discussions, maps, conversion calculators, satellite images astronomical data, tides marine forecasts & tides coastal waterway forecasts & tidal predictions, discussions, maps, conversion calculators, satellite images astronomical data, tides model projections computer model analyses and projections monthly summary current data updated daily radars & satellite imagery local, Virginia, national, and beyond! severe weather severe weather watches and warnings locally and across the United States tropical weather when the tropics are alive, so are we! updates the files we update each day Other Station Quickpaths: PWRS Datalogger Raw Data: [unedited] Today       Yesterday Full Desktop Display All Data Summary Almanac - Current Month Station Daily Records   Search PWRS / WEB for More Weather Enter your search terms Submit search form Search our site for data & documents below: Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind Site search Web search © 1995-present by PWRS Portsmouth, Virginia	West Cradock Portsmouth, Virginia Some images may not be viewable in early version browsers Images above from nearby South Norfolk Jordan Bridge (~one-half statute mile ENE of station) Click to check strip chart for past 30-days. Ghent Square Earthcam - Norfolk, Virginia 23507-1866 [ This streaming image may not be viewable in early version web browsers. ]      MEDIA-READY GRAPHICS   Most recent Expanded Station Observations all times are Eastern Time (US) Updated @ 7:59am ET Visibilities Visibility @ KPVG Hampton Roads Executive Airport - Chesapeake, Virginia (near Bowers Hill) 3 statute miles Visibility @ at KNGU Naval Air Station - Chambers Field - Norfolk, Virginia 9 statute miles Visibility @ at KORF Norfolk International Airport - Norfolk, Virginia 9 statute miles Visibility @ at KCPK Chesapeake Regional Airport - Chesapeake, Virginia 5 statute miles Temperatures Current: 74.2° at 7:59am Comfort Level: Comfortable Max: 74.2° at 12:00am Min: 71.8° at 5:57am 24-hour Difference: 1.8° Daily Average: 73.0° Wind Chill: 74.2° at 7:59am Min: 71.8° at 5:57am Heat Index: 81.4° at 7:59am Max: 81.4° at 7:59am Dew Point Current: 74.2° at 7:59am Max:  74.2° at 7:59am Min:  71.5° at 5:57am Relative Humidity Current: 100.0% at 7:59am Max:  100.0% at 6:04am Min:  97.0% at 12:00am Wind Speed & Direction Current max wind speed: NNE  7 mph | 7:59am Max:  7 mph at 12:00am Daily Average Direction: 112° Barometric (Sea Level) Pressure Current: 30.130" & Rising at 7:59am Rate: 0.014" past hour 24-hour Difference: 0.033" Max: 30.130" at 7:31am Min: 30.085" at 4:55am Average: 30.116" Rainfall Hourly: 0.00" at 7:59am Rain Rate: 0.00" per hour Daily: 0.00" thru 7:59am Past 24-hours ending 7:59am: 0.00" Monthly: 3.31" Yearly: 32.98" Sun & Moon  Sunrise: 6:20am  Sunset: 8:05pm Moonrise: 11:28pm Moonset: 11:47am     Station Seasonal Snowfall 2019-2020 Season Total: 1.5" TRACE 11/12/19 1.0" 2/20/20 0.5" 2/21/20

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