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Westlake Corner, Virginia

Community in Franklin County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Westlake Corner

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Roanoke (VA), 25 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 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 Westlake Corner

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

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Westlake Corner, the next 42 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Westlake Corner, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Hardy 8.2 SEVA-FR-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/855 ft/65 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HuddlestonHUDV2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/869 ft/51 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank200of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Roanoke Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.6 mi from Westlake Corner, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Roanoke Muni, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ROAFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROANOKE MUNISECTION, 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 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERoanoke Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ROATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ROA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Roanoke Muni: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ROAFIG. B THE AIR AT ROANOKE MUNITHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLERoanoke Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ROATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ROA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Roanoke Muni, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 5 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 ROAFIG. C THE WIND AT ROANOKE MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERoanoke Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ROATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ROA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Huddleston (HUDV2), 9.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Westlake Corner

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

Near Westlake Corner

River and lake gauges