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Cherry Hill, Virginia

Community in Prince William County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Cherry Hill

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia (VA), 24 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good17 mi
  • Ozone12Good9 ppb7.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good17 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb23.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm23.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cherry Hill

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cherry Hill, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cherry Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dale City 0.5 WNWVA-PW-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/308 ft/118 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ManassasMNNV2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/256 ft/66 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Quantico Mcaf, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Cherry Hill, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Quantico Mcaf, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NYGFIG. A THE SKY OVER QUANTICO MCAFSECTION, 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 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEQuantico Mcaf, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NYGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Quantico Mcaf: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NYGFIG. B THE AIR AT QUANTICO MCAFTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEQuantico Mcaf, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NYGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Quantico Mcaf, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 10 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 NYGFIG. C THE WIND AT QUANTICO MCAFPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEQuantico Mcaf, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NYGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Quantico Mcaf, 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 Cherry Hill

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

Near Cherry Hill

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