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Volant, Pennsylvania

Borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Volant

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Mercer County (PA), 11 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good13.8 mi
  • Ozone13Good15 ppb13.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Volant

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Volant, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.

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On the radar over Volant, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Volant, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

New CastleUCP

At an airfield/10.1 mi away/1,072 ft/12 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

New Wilmington 0.3 WNWPA-LW-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/1,036 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at New Castle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.1 mi from Volant, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:36 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 800 ft, broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over New Castle, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UCPFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW CASTLESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 800 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLENew Castle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UCPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UCP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at New Castle: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UCPFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW CASTLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.6 F, 51.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLENew Castle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UCPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UCP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at New Castle, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UCPFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW CASTLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew Castle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UCPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UCP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of New Castle, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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