Storm Station
Captains Cove, Virginia
59°
Light rain· Feels like 59°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NNW
Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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87%Humidity
92%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Captains Cove, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Wallops Island STNWAL

At an airfield/5.0 mi away/135 ft/116 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank694of 733

measured daily2 instruments

Greenbackville 0.4 WNWVA-AC-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/2 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PainterPAIV2

At a cooperative observer's station/36.5 mi away/26 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Wallops Island STN, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.0 mi from Captains Cove. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:21 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Wallops Island STN, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WALFIG. A THE SKY OVER WALLOPS ISLAND STNSECTION, 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 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEWallops Island STN, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS WALTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WAL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Wallops Island STN: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WALFIG. B THE AIR AT WALLOPS ISLAND STNTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 57.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEWallops Island STN, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS WALTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WAL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wallops Island STN, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WALFIG. C THE WIND AT WALLOPS ISLAND STNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWallops Island STN, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS WALTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WAL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wallops Island STN, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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