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Ridgeway, Virginia

Town in Henry County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Ridgeway

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Forsyth County-Winston-Salem-Greensboro-High Point (NC), 40 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone34Good26 ppb18.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 90, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgeway

0.32 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.32in
Last 3 days
0.32in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgeway, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 9 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ridgeway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ridgeway 0.9 ENEVA-HN-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/967 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Filter PlantMARV2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/781 ft/157 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank84of 1,554

Station report

The weather at Martinsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Ridgeway, Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft, overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Martinsville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTVFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARTINSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMartinsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MTV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 46.8 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Martinsville: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.8, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTVFIG. B THE AIR AT MARTINSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 46.8 FSPREAD 4.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEMartinsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MTV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Martinsville, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, 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 MTVFIG. C THE WIND AT MARTINSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMartinsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MTV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Filter Plant (MARV2), 8.9 miles from here, read 17 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Ridgeway

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

Near Ridgeway

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