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Drakes Branch, Virginia

Town in Charlotte County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Drakes Branch

Index 47, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Prince Edward Co. (VA), 18 miles off.

47Good
  • Ozone47Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Drakes Branch

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. 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 Drakes Branch, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Drakes Branch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Chase CityCCYV2

At a cooperative observer's station/15.7 mi away/524 ft/61 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Chase City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Drakes Branch, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 8,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chase City, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 8,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXEFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHASE CITYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 8,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChase City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CXETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CXE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

75.7 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Chase City: temperature 75.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXEFIG. B THE AIR AT CHASE CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 8,500 FTTEMPERATURE 75.7 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 12.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEChase City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CXE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Chase City, 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 CXEFIG. C THE WIND AT CHASE CITYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEChase City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CXE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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