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Pantops, Virginia

Community in Albemarle County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Pantops

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 2 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Pantops

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pantops, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Charlottesville 0.5 NNEVA-CRC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/478 ft/54 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Charlottesville CRN SiteCHAV2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,230 ft/698 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Charlottesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.3 mi from Pantops, Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 300 ft, overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Charlottesville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CHOFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHARLOTTESVILLESECTION, 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 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLECharlottesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CHOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CHO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 96 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 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Charlottesville: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 96 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 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CHOFIG. B THE AIR AT CHARLOTTESVILLETHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.0 F, 59.0 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 POINTTITLECharlottesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CHOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CHO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Charlottesville, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CHOFIG. C THE WIND AT CHARLOTTESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECharlottesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CHOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CHO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Charlottesville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

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