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Independent Hill, Virginia

Community in Prince William County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Independent Hill

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia (VA), 20 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Independent Hill

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Independent Hill, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 3 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Independent Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dale City 0.5 WNWVA-PW-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/308 ft/71 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ManassasMNNV2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/256 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Quantico Mcaf, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Independent Hill, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft.

Section of the sky over Quantico Mcaf, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NYGFIG. A THE SKY OVER QUANTICO MCAFSECTION, 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 DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTTITLEQuantico Mcaf, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NYGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

79.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Quantico Mcaf: temperature 79.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NYGFIG. B THE AIR AT QUANTICO MCAFTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.6 FTEMPERATURE 79.0 FDEW POINT 69.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEQuantico Mcaf, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NYGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Quantico Mcaf, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NYGFIG. C THE WIND AT QUANTICO MCAFPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEQuantico Mcaf, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NYGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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