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Lake Wilderness, Virginia

Community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Lake Wilderness

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Shenandoah National Park (VA), 42 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Lake Wilderness

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Wilderness, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

On the radar over Lake Wilderness, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Wilderness, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Spotsylvania 8.9 NWVA-SP-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/375 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FredericksburgFEDV2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/43 ft/306 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station CW3816, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.4 mi from Lake Wilderness, Virginia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station CW3816, 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 CW3816FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION CW3816PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station CW3816, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW3816TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW3816-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 333 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.56 inHg and the temperature at 57.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.03 inHg means its barometer reads 29.67 inHg; it reports 60.0 F, 2.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station CW3816 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 333 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.56 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.03 and the station pressure it means, 29.67.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW3816FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION CW3816 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION CW38161 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT333 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.56 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.03 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.67 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED60.0 FTITLECitizen station CW3816, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW3816TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW3816-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 38.27 N, and the day is 11 h 02 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station CW3816, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 02 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW3816FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION CW3816ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 02 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.27 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station CW3816, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW3816TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW3816-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station CW3816, in 4 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 Lake Wilderness

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

Near Lake Wilderness

River and lake gauges