Plum Creek, Virginia Weather
Plum Creek, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Plum Creek, Washington County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Plum Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Plum Creek is published on the Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) page, 28 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Plum Creek have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Plum Creek: Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) 30 km · Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 36 km · Johnson County Airport (K6A4) 44 km · Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 51 km
Conditions reported at KJFZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plum Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plum Creek.
About Plum Creek, Virginia
Plum Creek lies in a fold of the Appalachian foothills, where the land begins its slow, patient heave toward the higher ridges. It lies 28.9 miles east-north-east of Bristol, TN (from Bristol, TN: bearing 59°T), and is situated 3.4 miles west-north-west of Chilhowie. The creek itself, a silver thread after a rain, meanders through pastures and stands of oak and maple, its banks often softened by moss and the encroaching tendrils of wild grape. Here, the air carries the mingled scents of damp earth and pine needles, especially potent in the hushed light of late afternoon when the sun, slanting low, ignites the green of the hillsides into a vibrant, almost luminous hue. The terrain is a study in subtle contours, rolling slopes that invite the eye onward, punctuated by the stoic, weathered gray of barns and farmhouses that seem to have grown from the very soil. The history of Plum Creek is etched into its agricultural heritage, a legacy of hardy folk who coaxed sustenance from these hills for generations. Small farms, many still family-owned, dot the landscape, their fields a patchwork of corn, hay, and the occasional tobacco row, a reminder of a bygone era. The local economy, while modest, finds its pulse in these enduring connections to the land, supplemented by the quiet hum of small businesses in the nearby crossroads. Occasionally, a distinctive rock outcropping, worn smooth by countless seasons, offers a silent testament to the deep geological time that shaped this corner of Virginia.
Live animated radar for Plum Creek and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Plum Creek, Washington County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.811226°N, 81.741231°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24340, 24073 |
| Area Code | 276, 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plum Creek, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plum Creek, Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Plum Creek includes coordinates 36.811226°N, 81.741231°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 24340, 24073. Telephone area code: 276, 540. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
