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Big Stone Gap, Virginia

Town in Wise County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Big Stone Gap

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 34 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Stone Gap

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Big Stone Gap, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Big Stone Gap, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Wise 1SE RAWSWSEV2

A remote fire weather station/13.9 mi away/2,490 ft/1,001 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank522of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Big Stone GapBSTV2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/1,834 ft/345 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Norton 0.4 WNWVA-NTC-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.3 mi away/2,270 ft/781 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wise/Lonesome Pine, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Big Stone Gap, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 8,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wise/Lonesome Pine, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 8,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNPFIG. A THE SKY OVER WISE/LONESOME PINESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWise/Lonesome Pine, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LNPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Wise/Lonesome Pine: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNPFIG. B THE AIR AT WISE/LONESOME PINETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 8,500 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEWise/Lonesome Pine, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LNPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Wise/Lonesome Pine, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNPFIG. C THE WIND AT WISE/LONESOME PINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWise/Lonesome Pine, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LNPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wise/Lonesome Pine, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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