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Jewell Ridge, Virginia

Community in Tazewell County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Jewell Ridge

Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 43 miles off.

6Good
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Jewell Ridge

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Jewell Ridge, the next 44 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

On the radar over Jewell Ridge, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Jewell Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

RichlandsRCLV2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/2,139 ft/777 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank11of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Richlands, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Jewell Ridge, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Richlands, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JFZFIG. A THE SKY OVER RICHLANDSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERichlands, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JFZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JFZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.4 F with a dew point of 62.8 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Richlands: temperature 66.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.8, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JFZFIG. B THE AIR AT RICHLANDSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,800 FTTEMPERATURE 66.4 FDEW POINT 62.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLERichlands, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JFZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JFZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Richlands, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, 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 JFZFIG. C THE WIND AT RICHLANDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERichlands, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JFZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JFZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Richlands (RCLV2), 6.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:10. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Jewell Ridge

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

Near Jewell Ridge

River and lake gauges