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Strasburg, Virginia

Town in Shenandoah County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Strasburg

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Winchester (VA), 16 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Strasburg

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Strasburg, 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 now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Strasburg 0.1 ENEVA-SH-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/578 ft/113 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WoodstockWOOV2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/636 ft/55 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Front Royal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Strasburg, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Front Royal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRRFIG. A THE SKY OVER FRONT ROYALSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFront Royal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FRRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

82.6 F with a dew point of 69.3 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Front Royal: temperature 82.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.3, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRRFIG. B THE AIR AT FRONT ROYALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.2 FTEMPERATURE 82.6 FDEW POINT 69.3 FSPREAD 13.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEFront Royal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Front Royal, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRRFIG. C THE WIND AT FRONT ROYALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFront Royal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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