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Southern Gateway, Virginia

Community in Stafford County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Southern Gateway

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia (VA), 38 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Southern Gateway

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Southern Gateway, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Southern Gateway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

FredericksburgFEDV2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/43 ft/237 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Stafford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.8 mi from Southern Gateway, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Stafford, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RMNFIG. A THE SKY OVER STAFFORDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEStafford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RMNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RMN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Stafford: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RMNFIG. B THE AIR AT STAFFORDTHE 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 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 57.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEStafford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RMNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RMN-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 Stafford, 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 RMNFIG. C THE WIND AT STAFFORDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEStafford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RMNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RMN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Stafford, 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 Southern Gateway

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

Near Southern Gateway

River and lake gauges