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Shipman, Virginia

Community in Nelson County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Shipman

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 29 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 AM.

SatSunMon

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shipman

0.25 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.25in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 8 AM.

SatSunMon

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Shipman, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ShenandoahS2088

At a soil climate station/23.5 mi away/1,763 ft/1,054 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank1,038of 1,554

measured daily2 instruments

Lovingston 0.4 SSEVA-NL-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,050 ft/341 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Fish NurseryMTBV2

At a cooperative observer's station/18.0 mi away/2,654 ft/1,945 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Waynesboro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.0 mi from Shipman, Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 10:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,900 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waynesboro, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W13FIG. A THE SKY OVER WAYNESBOROSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaynesboro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W13TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-W13-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.5 F with a dew point of 38.5 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Waynesboro: temperature 49.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.5, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W13FIG. B THE AIR AT WAYNESBOROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 49.5 FDEW POINT 38.5 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEWaynesboro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W13TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-W13-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waynesboro, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W13FIG. C THE WIND AT WAYNESBOROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaynesboro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W13TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-W13-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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