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Mendota, Virginia

Community in Washington County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Mendota

Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 15 miles off.

64Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
  • Ozone7Good6 ppb13.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mendota

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Mendota, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Mendota, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

AbingdonVJI

At an airfield/15.4 mi away/2,070 ft/651 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank972of 1,541

Wise 1SE RAWSWSEV2

A remote fire weather station/22.7 mi away/2,490 ft/1,071 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank522of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Bristol 6.7 WVA-WH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/1,936 ft/517 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank66of 1,541

Abingdon 3SABIV2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.3 mi away/1,923 ft/504 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank869of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Abingdon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.4 mi from Mendota, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Abingdon, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 3,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEAbingdon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VJITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VJI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Abingdon: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VJI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Abingdon, 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 VJIFIG. C THE WIND AT ABINGDONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAbingdon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VJITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Mendota

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

Near Mendota

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