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Shawsville, Virginia

Community in Montgomery County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Shawsville

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Roanoke (VA), 28 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Shawsville

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Shawsville, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shawsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Elliston-Lafayette 1.0 NVA-MN-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/1,232 ft/230 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Copper HillCOHV2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/2,543 ft/1,081 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank75of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Virginia Tech Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.0 mi from Shawsville, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 100 ft; the ceiling is 100 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Virginia Tech Arpt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 100 feet, the ceiling at 100 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCBFIG. A THE SKY OVER VIRGINIA TECH ARPTSECTION, 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 100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEVirginia Tech Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BCBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Virginia Tech Arpt: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCBFIG. B THE AIR AT VIRGINIA TECH ARPTTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEVirginia Tech Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Virginia Tech Arpt, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCBFIG. C THE WIND AT VIRGINIA TECH ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVirginia Tech Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Copper Hill (COHV2), 8.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Shawsville

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

Near Shawsville

River and lake gauges