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Pocahontas, Virginia

Town in Tazewell County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Pocahontas

Index 7, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 29 miles off.

7Good
  • Ozone7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, 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 Pocahontas

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.50in

Visibility

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

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pocahontas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Burkes GardenBURV2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/3,114 ft/790 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank912of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Marion / Wytheville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.4 mi from Pocahontas, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Marion / Wytheville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKJFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARION / WYTHEVILLESECTION, 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: 1/4 MI0510TITLEMarion / Wytheville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.7 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Marion / Wytheville: temperature 61.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKJFIG. B THE AIR AT MARION / WYTHEVILLETHE 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 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.7 F, 59.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLEMarion / Wytheville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Marion / Wytheville, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, 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 MKJFIG. C THE WIND AT MARION / WYTHEVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarion / Wytheville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Burkes Garden (BURV2), 14.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Pocahontas

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

Near Pocahontas

River and lake gauges