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Big Island, Virginia

Community in Bedford County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Big Island

Index 4, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Natural Bridge (VA), 12 miles off.

4Good
  • Ozone4Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Big Island

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Big Island, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Big Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ShenandoahS2088

At a soil climate station/27.6 mi away/1,763 ft/1,143 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank1,019of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Big Island 1.4 SEVA-BD-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/682 ft/62 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WWTP - CoopBUVV2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/814 ft/194 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank8of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Lynchburg/P. Glenn, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.3 mi from Big Island, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Lynchburg/P. Glenn, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYHFIG. A THE SKY OVER LYNCHBURG/P. GLENNSECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLELynchburg/P. Glenn, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LYHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LYH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Lynchburg/P. Glenn: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYHFIG. B THE AIR AT LYNCHBURG/P. GLENNTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLELynchburg/P. Glenn, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LYHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LYH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Lynchburg/P. Glenn, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYHFIG. C THE WIND AT LYNCHBURG/P. GLENNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELynchburg/P. Glenn, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LYHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LYH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lynchburg/P. Glenn, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at WWTP - Coop (BUVV2), 13.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Big Island

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

Near Big Island

River and lake gauges