Portsmouth, VA 23707 Weather

Portsmouth (city) County6:34 PM EDT36.84°N, 76.34°W
Coastal Flood Advisory until 10:00 AM Fri

Current conditions

Clear
65°
Clear
Feels like 61°
High 65° Friday·Low 52° tonight
WindN 8 mph
Humidity40%
Dew point40°
Visibility7.0 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:20 AM
Sunset6:21 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 52. North wind around 8 mph.

  • Friday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Northeast wind 8 to 14 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 65°
  2. 7 PM Clear 62°
  3. 8 PM Clear 58°
  4. 9 PM Clear 56°
  5. 10 PM Clear 55°
  6. 11 PM Clear 54°
  7. Fri12 AM Clear 54°
  8. 1 AM Clear 53°
  9. 2 AM Clear 53°
  10. 3 AM Clear 53°
  11. 4 AM Clear 53°
  12. 5 AM Clear 53°
  13. 6 AM Sunny 53°
  14. 7 AM Sunny 53°
  15. 8 AM Sunny 54°
  16. 9 AM Sunny 56°
  17. 10 AM Sunny 58°
  18. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 60°
  19. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 62°
  20. 1 PM Partly Sunny 63°
  21. 2 PM Partly Sunny 64°
  22. 3 PM Partly Sunny 64°
  23. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 65°
  24. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 63°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny52°69°
  2. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny51°65°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny55°63°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny53°65°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny52°65°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny57°67°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny58°66°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy57°73°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny51°66°
  10. SatOct 31 Sunny Sunny50°61°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

34
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • ThuGood (28)
  • FriGood (50)

Hampton Roads, VA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:20 AM
Sunset 6:21 PM
Daylight 11 h 1 min (−2 min 12 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:18 PM Moonset 3:29 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low70° / 52°
Record high84° (1984)
Record low34° (1974)
Wettest1.48 in (1893)
Yesterday63° / 54°
Month to date1.48 in (normal 2.70 in)

Norfolk Area, records since 1874. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in AKQ, issued 3 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Coastal Flood Warnings have ended. Coastal Flood Advisories continue into Friday for some areas.

Key Messages

1) Continued dry with mostly sunny conditions expected late week into the weekend.

2) Elevated tidal anomalies through Friday with minor to locally moderate tidal flooding forecast.

Discussion

As of 255 PM EDT Thursday...

KEY MESSAGE 1...Continued dry with mostly sunny conditions expected late week into the weekend.

Subtropical Storm Josephine continues to pull away from the CONUS this afternoon as high pressure centered over the Great Lakes builds eastward. Clear skies this afternoon will continue tonight. Low temps are forecast to be a few degrees above what we saw this morning due to slightly stronger winds behind a dry front. Lows will mainly be in the low 40s inland upper 40s to low 50s near the water. A few of the typically cooler spots could drop into the upper 30s prior to sunrise, especially if winds are able to completely decouple for a few hours. Breezy and slightly cooler Friday behind the front with temps ranging from the mid to upper 60s to around 70 degrees. High pressure builds over the region Friday night into Saturday. Clear skies and light/calm winds will allow temps to fall back into the 30s, mainly for northern/northwestern portions of the area. Latest statistical guidance has edged upward regarding low temps Friday night but still could see some frost in the cooler spots by sunrise Saturday.

High pressure will dominate the local weather pattern this weekend and likely well into next week. Not much change in the forecast with seasonal temperatures and near zero indications for much needed rainfall returning to the region.

KEY MESSAGE 2...Elevated tidal anomalies continue through Friday with minor tidal flooding forecast.

Subtropical Storm Josephine is moving NE away from the coast this afternoon. However, large swell continues to propagate toward the coast. Meanwhile, high pressure over ON/QB is gradually building S in the wake of Josephine. Tidal anomalies remain ~2ft above normal primarily due to the swell from Josephine. These anomalies should remain steady and/or slowly fall tonight into Friday. Therefore, primarily nuisance to minor tidal flooding is expected and any lingering Coastal Flood Warnings have been converted to Coastal Flood Advisories. Nuisance to locally minor tidal flooding could linger into the weekend as swell continues to propagate toward the coast with persistent (but weaker) onshore flow, as well as a gradual increase in astronomical high tides as we approach full moon.

Aviation

As of 120 PM EDT Thursday...

VFR conditions prevail through the 18z TAF period. Clear skies this afternoon will continue into tonight. N winds mainly 10-15 kt this afternoon will diminish to 5-10 kt tonight, highest at the coastal terminals. NE winds increase back to 10-15 kt with gusts 15-20 kt on Friday.

Outlook: Primarily VFR conditions are expected to prevail through the weekend. Winds become light each night away from the coast.

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