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Brightwood, Virginia

Community in Madison County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Brightwood

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Shenandoah National Park (VA), 16 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 27, 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 Brightwood

None in the last 24 hours; 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at Brightwood, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Brightwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Haywood 4.1 ENEVA-MD-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/538 ft/15 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SomersetSOMV2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/397 ft/156 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank173of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Orange/Orange Co, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Brightwood, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Orange/Orange Co, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OMHFIG. A THE SKY OVER ORANGE/ORANGE COSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEOrange/Orange Co, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OMHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OMH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Orange/Orange Co: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OMHFIG. B THE AIR AT ORANGE/ORANGE COTHE 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 GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 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 POINTTITLEOrange/Orange Co, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OMHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OMH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Orange/Orange Co, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south 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 OMHFIG. C THE WIND AT ORANGE/ORANGE COPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOrange/Orange Co, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OMHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OMH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Brightwood

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

Near Brightwood

River and lake gauges