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Claypool Hill, Virginia

Community in Tazewell County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Claypool Hill

Index 7, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 38 miles off.

7Good
  • Ozone7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Claypool Hill

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

How far you can see at Claypool Hill, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Claypool 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

RichlandsRCLV2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/2,139 ft/279 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank11of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Richlands, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Claypool Hill, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 1.75 mi.

Section of the sky over Richlands, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 1.75 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JFZFIG. A THE SKY OVER RICHLANDSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.75 MI0510TITLERichlands, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JFZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JFZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 62.2 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Richlands: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.2, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JFZFIG. B THE AIR AT RICHLANDSTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 62.2 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLERichlands, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JFZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JFZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Richlands, 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 JFZFIG. C THE WIND AT RICHLANDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERichlands, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JFZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JFZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Richlands (RCLV2), 3.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:15. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Claypool Hill

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

Near Claypool Hill

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