Storm Station
Drakes Branch, Virginia
57° 82°/55°
Clear· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 4 mph W
Cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
27Air quality
83%Humidity
13%Cloud
Now
3:15 AM
57feels57
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
8255
16%
UV 6
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7758
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8163
UV 6
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
8660
UV 6
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
8961
UV 6
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
9164
17%
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7053
17%
overcast
57°
82°55°
77°58°
81°63°
86°60°
89°61°
91°64°
70°53°

As of 3:15 AM in Drakes Branch, Virginia.

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Drakes Branch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Chase CityCXE

At an airfield/15.5 mi away/488 ft/25 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank589of 731

measured daily2 instruments

Drakes Branch 0.3 WVA-CH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/444 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Chase CityCCYV2

At a cooperative observer's station/15.7 mi away/524 ft/61 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chase City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Drakes Branch. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chase City, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXEFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHASE CITYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChase City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CXETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CXE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.3 F with a dew point of 53.8 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Chase City: temperature 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.8, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXEFIG. B THE AIR AT CHASE CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 58.3 FDEW POINT 53.8 FSPREAD 4.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEChase City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CXE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Chase City, 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 CXEFIG. C THE WIND AT CHASE CITYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEChase City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CXE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Chase City, 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 Drakes Branch

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