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Esmont, Virginia

Community in Albemarle County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Esmont

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 15 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Esmont

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Esmont, 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 now4 instruments

ShenandoahS2088

At a soil climate station/33.2 mi away/1,763 ft/1,230 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank1,019of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Schuyler 3.4 NEVA-AB-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/554 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Charlottesville CRN SiteCHAV2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/1,230 ft/697 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Charlottesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.4 mi from Esmont, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:07 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Sky obscured at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Charlottesville, height above the station to scale: sky obscured cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CHOFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHARLOTTESVILLESECTION, 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 SHEETVV 200 FTSKY OBSCURED, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLECharlottesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CHOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CHO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Charlottesville: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CHOFIG. B THE AIR AT CHARLOTTESVILLETHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, VV 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.0 F, 60.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECharlottesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CHOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CHO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Charlottesville, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CHOFIG. C THE WIND AT CHARLOTTESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECharlottesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CHOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CHO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Charlottesville, 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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Near Esmont

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