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Clifton Forge, Virginia

Town in Alleghany County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Clifton Forge

Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Natural Bridge (VA), 21 miles off.

11Good
  • Ozone11Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clifton Forge

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clifton Forge, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Clifton Forge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ShenandoahS2088

At a soil climate station/34.7 mi away/1,763 ft/679 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank1,019of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Clifton Forge 0.1 WNWVA-AL-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,158 ft/74 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Hot Springs/Ingalls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.0 mi from Clifton Forge, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Hot Springs/Ingalls, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HSPFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOT SPRINGS/INGALLSSECTION, 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 MI0510TITLEHot Springs/Ingalls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HSPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HSP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 65.3 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hot Springs/Ingalls: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.3, 98 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HSPFIG. B THE AIR AT HOT SPRINGS/INGALLSTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 65.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEHot Springs/Ingalls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HSPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HSP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hot Springs/Ingalls, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, 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 HSPFIG. C THE WIND AT HOT SPRINGS/INGALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHot Springs/Ingalls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HSPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HSP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hot Springs/Ingalls, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Filter Plant LARC USACE Dcp (CFPV2), 9.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Clifton Forge

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

Near Clifton Forge

River and lake gauges