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Quantico Base, Virginia

Community in Prince William County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Quantico Base

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia (VA), 27 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good20.8 mi
  • Ozone14Good13 ppb4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good20.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Quantico Base

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 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 Quantico Base, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Quantico Base, 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 now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Stafford 3.6 NNEVA-SF-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/13 ft/180 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ManassasMNNV2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.8 mi away/256 ft/63 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Quantico Mcaf, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.2 mi from Quantico Base, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft.

Section of the sky over Quantico Mcaf, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NYGFIG. A THE SKY OVER QUANTICO MCAFSECTION, 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 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTTITLEQuantico Mcaf, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NYGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Quantico Mcaf: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NYGFIG. B THE AIR AT QUANTICO MCAFTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEQuantico Mcaf, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NYGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Quantico Mcaf, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south 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 NYGFIG. C THE WIND AT QUANTICO MCAFPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEQuantico Mcaf, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NYGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NYG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Quantico Base

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