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Metompkin, Virginia

Community in Accomack County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Metompkin

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 65 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Metompkin

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Metompkin, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Metompkin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

PainterPAIV2

At a cooperative observer's station/17.0 mi away/26 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Melfa/Accomack Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Metompkin, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Melfa/Accomack Arpt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MFVFIG. A THE SKY OVER MELFA/ACCOMACK ARPTSECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLEMelfa/Accomack Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MFVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MFV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.8 F with a dew point of 63.5 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Melfa/Accomack Arpt: temperature 64.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.5, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MFVFIG. B THE AIR AT MELFA/ACCOMACK ARPTTHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.8 F, 63.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEMelfa/Accomack Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MFVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MFV-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 Melfa/Accomack Arpt, 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 MFVFIG. C THE WIND AT MELFA/ACCOMACK ARPTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMelfa/Accomack Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MFVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MFV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Melfa/Accomack Arpt, 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 Metompkin

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

Near Metompkin

River and lake gauges