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Quicksburg, Virginia

Community in Shenandoah County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Quicksburg

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Shenandoah National Park (VA), 18 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Quicksburg

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Quicksburg, 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 now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

New Market 0.8 NEVA-SH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/991 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LurayLRYV2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/1,316 ft/344 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at New Market, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.8 mi from Quicksburg, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over New Market, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 8W2FIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW MARKETSECTION, 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 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENew Market, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 8W2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8W2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.6 F with a dew point of 63.3 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at New Market: temperature 64.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.3, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 8W2FIG. B THE AIR AT NEW MARKETTHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.6 F, 63.3 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 POINTTITLENew Market, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8W2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8W2-2DRAWN 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 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at New Market, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 8 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 8W2FIG. C THE WIND AT NEW MARKETPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew Market, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8W2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8W2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of New Market, 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 Quicksburg

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

Near Quicksburg

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