Storm Station
Cape Charles, Virginia
63°
Rain· Feels like 63°·Fresh breeze 23 mph NNW
A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Northwest wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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87%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cape Charles, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Cape Charles 5 ENE03739

At a climate reference station/5.4 mi away/29 ft/21 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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Langley AFB/HamptonLFI

At an airfield/23.0 mi away/10 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank602of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Cape Charles 4.5 ESEVA-NH-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/19 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PainterPAIV2

At a cooperative observer's station/24.1 mi away/26 ft/18 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Langley AFB/Hampton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.0 mi from Cape Charles. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:25 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Langley AFB/Hampton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFIFIG. A THE SKY OVER LANGLEY AFB/HAMPTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELangley AFB/Hampton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LFITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LFI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Langley AFB/Hampton: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFIFIG. B THE AIR AT LANGLEY AFB/HAMPTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 60.8 FDEW POINT 57.2 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLELangley AFB/Hampton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LFITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LFI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Langley AFB/Hampton, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 7 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 LFIFIG. C THE WIND AT LANGLEY AFB/HAMPTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELangley AFB/Hampton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LFITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LFI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Langley AFB/Hampton, 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 Cape Charles

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