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Glade Spring, Virginia

Town in Washington County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Glade Spring

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 38 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone26Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Glade Spring

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

How far you can see at Glade Spring, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 7 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Glade Spring, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AbingdonVJI

At an airfield/16.1 mi away/2,070 ft/47 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank995of 1,554

measured daily2 instruments

Glade Spring 1.6 NNEVA-WH-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/2,150 ft/33 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Saltville 1 NSLTV2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/1,818 ft/299 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank17of 1,554

Station report

The weather at Abingdon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.1 mi from Glade Spring, Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft, broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Abingdon, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VJIFIG. A THE SKY OVER ABINGDONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEAbingdon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VJITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VJI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Abingdon: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VJIFIG. B THE AIR AT ABINGDONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 46.4 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEAbingdon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VJITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VJI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Abingdon, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 7 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 VJIFIG. C THE WIND AT ABINGDONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAbingdon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VJITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VJI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Saltville 1 N (SLTV2), 7.0 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 Glade Spring

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

Near Glade Spring

River and lake gauges