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Big Stone Gap East, Virginia

Community in Wise County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Big Stone Gap East

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 34 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-
  • Ozone14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Stone Gap East

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

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Big Stone Gap East, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Big Stone Gap East, 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

Big Stone GapBSTV2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/1,834 ft/293 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/7.2 mi away/2,270 ft/729 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, 13.9 mi from Big Stone Gap East, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken 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: broken 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 FTBKN 8,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 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 800 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 800 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 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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