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Modest Town, Virginia

Community in Accomack County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Modest Town

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 61 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Modest Town

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

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Modest Town, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Modest Town, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

PainterPAIV2

At a cooperative observer's station/21.7 mi away/26 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Wallops Island STN, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.9 mi from Modest Town, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Wallops Island STN, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WALFIG. A THE SKY OVER WALLOPS ISLAND STNSECTION, 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 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEWallops Island STN, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS WALTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WAL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Wallops Island STN: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WALFIG. B THE AIR AT WALLOPS ISLAND STNTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 65.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEWallops Island STN, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS WALTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WAL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Wallops Island STN, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WALFIG. C THE WIND AT WALLOPS ISLAND STNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWallops Island STN, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS WALTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WAL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wallops Island STN, 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 Modest Town

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

Near Modest Town

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