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Elliston, Virginia

Community in Montgomery County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Elliston

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Roanoke (VA), 24 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Elliston

None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elliston, the next 43 hours

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elliston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Elliston-Lafayette 1.0 NVA-MN-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,232 ft/160 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Copper HillCOHV2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/2,543 ft/1,151 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank75of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Virginia Tech Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.0 mi from Elliston, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Virginia Tech Arpt, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCBFIG. A THE SKY OVER VIRGINIA TECH ARPTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEVirginia Tech Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BCBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

80.8 F with a dew point of 62.4 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Virginia Tech Arpt: temperature 80.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.4, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCBFIG. B THE AIR AT VIRGINIA TECH ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 80.8 FDEW POINT 62.4 FSPREAD 18.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEVirginia Tech Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Virginia Tech Arpt, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCBFIG. C THE WIND AT VIRGINIA TECH ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVirginia Tech Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Copper Hill (COHV2), 10.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Elliston

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

Near Elliston

River and lake gauges