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Capron, Virginia

Town in Southampton County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Capron

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 23 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Capron

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Capron, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Capron, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

EmporiaEPRV2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.8 mi away/167 ft/49 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank72of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Emporia-Greensville Rgl Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.7 mi from Capron, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Emporia-Greensville Rgl Airport, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EMVFIG. A THE SKY OVER EMPORIA-GREENSVILLE RGL AIRPORTSECTION, 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 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEmporia-Greensville Rgl Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EMVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EMV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Emporia-Greensville Rgl Airport: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EMVFIG. B THE AIR AT EMPORIA-GREENSVILLE RGL AIRPORTTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEEmporia-Greensville Rgl Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EMVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EMV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Emporia-Greensville Rgl Airport, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, 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 EMVFIG. C THE WIND AT EMPORIA-GREENSVILLE RGL AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEmporia-Greensville Rgl Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EMVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EMV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Emporia-Greensville Rgl Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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