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Afton, Virginia

Community in Nelson County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Afton

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 20 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Afton

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at Afton, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 12 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

On the radar over Afton, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Afton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ShenandoahS2088

At a soil climate station/21.3 mi away/1,763 ft/638 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank1,019of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Afton 1.3 ENEVA-AB-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,059 ft/66 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Waynesboro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.7 mi from Afton, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waynesboro, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W13FIG. A THE SKY OVER WAYNESBOROSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaynesboro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W13TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W13-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 59.5 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Waynesboro: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.5, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W13FIG. B THE AIR AT WAYNESBOROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.0 F, 59.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEWaynesboro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W13TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W13-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Waynesboro, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W13FIG. C THE WIND AT WAYNESBOROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaynesboro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W13TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W13-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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Near Afton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Afton

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