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Blackstone, Virginia

Town in Nottoway County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Blackstone

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Prince Edward Co. (VA), 26 miles off.

15Good
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Blackstone

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Blackstone, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Blackstone, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BlackstoneBKT

At an airfield/2.5 mi away/412 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Blackstone 0.4 SWVA-NY-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/446 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Blackstone 4SECAPV2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/400 ft/19 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station KN4URY, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 16.4 mi from Blackstone, Virginia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station KN4URY, 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 KN4URYFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION KN4URYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station KN4URY, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP KN4URYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KN4URY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 499 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.39 inHg and the temperature at 57.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.01 inHg means its barometer reads 29.47 inHg; it reports 64.0 F, 6.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station KN4URY stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 499 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.39 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.01 and the station pressure it means, 29.47.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KN4URYFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION KN4URY STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION KN4URY2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT499 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.39 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.01 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.47 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED64.0 FTITLECitizen station KN4URY, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP KN4URYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KN4URY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 37.10 N, and the day is 11 h 05 min long. Level ground there takes 69 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station KN4URY, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 76 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 05 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KN4URYFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION KN4URYELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 76°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 05 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 69 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.10 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station KN4URY, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP KN4URYTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KN4URY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station KN4URY, in 4 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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