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Columbia, Virginia

Community in Fluvanna County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Columbia

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 26 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Columbia

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Columbia, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Columbia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cartersville 2.2 NNWVA-CB-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/264 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PalmyraPALV2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/358 ft/115 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank74of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Louisa County/Freeman Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.6 mi from Columbia, Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Louisa County/Freeman Field, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKUFIG. A THE SKY OVER LOUISA COUNTY/FREEMAN FIELDSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELouisa County/Freeman Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LKUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.4 F with a dew point of 59.7 F, 98 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 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Louisa County/Freeman Field: temperature 60.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.7, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKUFIG. B THE AIR AT LOUISA COUNTY/FREEMAN FIELDTHE 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 59.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.4 F, 59.7 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 POINTTITLELouisa County/Freeman Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LKUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKU-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 Louisa County/Freeman Field, 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 LKUFIG. C THE WIND AT LOUISA COUNTY/FREEMAN FIELDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELouisa County/Freeman Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LKUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Louisa County/Freeman Field, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Palmyra (PALV2), 9.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Columbia

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

Near Columbia

River and lake gauges