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Horse Pasture, Virginia

Community in Henry County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Horse Pasture

Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Forsyth County-Winston-Salem-Greensboro-High Point (NC), 41 miles off.

62Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good27 ppb22.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Highest 59, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Horse Pasture

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Horse Pasture, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Horse Pasture, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Spencer 2.1 WSWVA-HN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/918 ft/121 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Filter PlantMARV2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/781 ft/258 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank77of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Martinsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from Horse Pasture, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Martinsville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTVFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARTINSVILLESECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMartinsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 65.5 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Martinsville: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.5, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTVFIG. B THE AIR AT MARTINSVILLETHE 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 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 65.5 FSPREAD 4.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEMartinsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Martinsville, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, 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 MTVFIG. C THE WIND AT MARTINSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMartinsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Filter Plant (MARV2), 7.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:34. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Horse Pasture

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

Near Horse Pasture

River and lake gauges