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Fancy Gap, Virginia

Community in Carroll County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Fancy Gap

Index 7, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 29 miles off.

7Good
  • Ozone7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 40 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 Fancy Gap

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.14in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fancy Gap, the next 40 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fancy Gap, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Galax 5.1 NEVA-CR-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/2,461 ft/478 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hillsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from Fancy Gap, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Hillsville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLXFIG. A THE SKY OVER HILLSVILLESECTION, 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEHillsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HLXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Hillsville: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLXFIG. B THE AIR AT HILLSVILLETHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 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 POINTTITLEHillsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hillsville, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, 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 HLXFIG. C THE WIND AT HILLSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHillsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Fancy Gap

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

Near Fancy Gap

River and lake gauges