Big Stone Gap, VA Weather

Wise County10:53 PM EDT36.88°N, 82.75°WElevation 1,535 ft

Current conditions

Clear
50°
Clear
Feels like 49°
High 70° Wednesday·Low 43° tonight
WindN 3 mph
Humidity54%
Dew point34°
Pressure30.33 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:44 AM
Sunset6:49 PM

Observed at Wise / Lonesome Pine · 58 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 43. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 70. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Patchy fog after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 44. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 9 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 49°
  2. 11 PM Clear 48°
  3. Wed12 AM Clear 47°
  4. 1 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  5. 2 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  6. 3 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  7. 4 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  8. 5 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  9. 6 AM Sunny 43°
  10. 7 AM Sunny 43°
  11. 8 AM Sunny 43°
  12. 9 AM Sunny 45°
  13. 10 AM Sunny 53°
  14. 11 AM Sunny 60°
  15. 12 PM Sunny 64°
  16. 1 PM Sunny 67°
  17. 2 PM Sunny 69°
  18. 3 PM Sunny 70°
  19. 4 PM Sunny 70°
  20. 5 PM Sunny 68°
  21. 6 PM Clear 65°
  22. 7 PM Clear 60°
  23. 8 PM Clear 53°
  24. 9 PM Clear 51°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny43°72°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny44°70°
  3. ThuOct 22 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny42°67°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny43°68°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny40°67°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny43°68°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°70°
  8. TueOct 27 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy52°71°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy52°66°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.03 in52°66°

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

31
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Forecast

  • TueGood (39)
  • WedGood (47)
  • ThuModerate (51)

Tri-Cities, TN reporting area · 53 min ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:44 AM
Sunset 6:49 PM
Daylight 11 h 5 min (−2 min 13 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 73% lit
Moonrise 3:54 PM Moonset 1:53 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low69° / 40°
Record high90° (1938)
Record low18° (1952)
Wettest1.65 in (1984)
Yesterday68° / 32°, 0.02 in
Month to date1.87 in (normal 1.85 in)

Pennington Gap, records since 1931. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in MRX, issued 15 hrs ago

Key Messages

Updated at 715 AM EDT Tue Oct 20 2026

- Dry weather dominates the forecast period, with cool mornings and pleasant afternoons each day. Afternoon relative humidity will remain on the lower side as well.

Discussion

Issued at 138 AM EDT Tue Oct 20 2026

Isolated patchy frost for parts of far northeast TN and southwest VA this morning. Increasing morning lows will diminish the potential for frost development for most. However, dense fog near waterways could be possible with colder air over top warmer waters in lakes and rivers.

For the week ahead, longwave troughing will remain well into Canada with ridging poking north between a closed upper low off of the Mid- Atlantic and another closed low off of the west coast. A pseudo- Omega block pattern. The western low eventually phases with the mean flow, meanwhile the Atlantic one expected to bring coastal issues to parts of the Eastern Seaboard due to hardly any movement, will become enveloped and shunted east towards the end of the week. No impacts here except persistent upper level ridging and surface high pressure.

Highs will remain in the low to mid (some upper) 70s range the rest of the forecast period into early next week. A general wash/rinse/repeat each day with light winds, mostly sunny/clear skies, low humidity, and no precipitation for at least the foreseeable future.

Aviation

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 715 AM EDT Tue Oct 20 2026

VFR TAFs expected to continue with persistence the rule. A weak impulse to bring high clouds today but no concerns. Cannot rule out a weak gust at KCHA, but winds expected to remain light otherwise.

Preliminary Point Temps

Chattanooga Airport, TN 74 49 76 49 / 0 0 0 0 Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 75 46 76 45 / 0 0 0 0 Oak Ridge, TN 75 47 76 46 / 0 0 0 0 Tri Cities Airport, TN 74 40 74 40 / 0 0 0 0

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