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Smithfield, Virginia

Town in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Smithfield

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 8 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Highest 53, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Smithfield

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Smithfield, 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 now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Smithfield 0.7 NEVA-IW-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/28 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SuffolkSUFV2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.8 mi away/46 ft/17 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,275of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Fort Eustis/Felker, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.8 mi from Smithfield, Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Eustis/Felker, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FAFFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT EUSTIS/FELKERSECTION, 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 STATIONOVC 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Eustis/Felker, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FAFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

67.5 F with a dew point of 61.3 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Eustis/Felker: temperature 67.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.3, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FAFFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT EUSTIS/FELKERTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 67.5 FDEW POINT 61.3 FSPREAD 6.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEFort Eustis/Felker, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FAFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Eustis/Felker, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, 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 FAFFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT EUSTIS/FELKERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Eustis/Felker, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FAFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FAF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Eustis/Felker, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Suffolk (SUFV2), 16.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Smithfield

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

Near Smithfield

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