Citizen station GW5611GW5611
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,882 ft/27 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Middlebrook until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 8 AM (68%).
Now. Middlebrook is 54° and rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 44° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:36 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Middlebrook, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Harrisonburg (VA), 33 miles off.
Yesterday measured 38, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Middlebrook, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Middlebrook, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW5611GW5611
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,882 ft/27 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Shenandoah ScanSHDV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/1,763 ft/92 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
ShenandoahS2088
At a soil climate station/9.3 mi away/1,763 ft/92 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
WaynesboroW13
At an airfield/14.6 mi away/1,414 ft/441 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Craigsville 7.2 EVA-AG-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/1,764 ft/91 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sewage PlantSTAV2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/1,325 ft/530 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Middlebrook, Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 3,800 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
56.7 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,800 ft.
From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Waynesboro, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Sewage Plant (STAV2), 11.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.