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Bastian, Virginia

Community in Bland County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Bastian

Index 4, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 14 miles off.

4Good
  • Ozone4Good19 ppb18.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bastian

None in the last 24 hours; 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bastian, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bastian, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Bland 0.4 NEVA-BL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/2,481 ft/301 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Burkes GardenBURV2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/3,114 ft/934 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank912of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Marion / Wytheville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.8 mi from Bastian, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Marion / Wytheville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKJFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARION / WYTHEVILLESECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEMarion / Wytheville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.2 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Marion / Wytheville: temperature 62.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKJFIG. B THE AIR AT MARION / WYTHEVILLETHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.2 F, 60.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEMarion / Wytheville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Marion / Wytheville, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKJFIG. C THE WIND AT MARION / WYTHEVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarion / Wytheville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Burkes Garden (BURV2), 10.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bastian

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

Near Bastian

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