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Free Union, Virginia

Community in Albemarle County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Free Union

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 9 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Free Union

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Free Union, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Free Union, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Free UnionFRUV2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/528 ft/11 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, 5.7 mi from Free Union, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Charlottesville, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, 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

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.

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; 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 GROUNDTEMPERATURE 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

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Charlottesville, 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 CHOFIG. C THE WIND AT CHARLOTTESVILLEPLAN, 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 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

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

Near Free Union

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

Near Free Union

River and lake gauges