Storm Station
Grottoes, Virginia
57°
Overcast· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 7 mph NNW
A slight chance of rain after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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-Air quality
78%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Grottoes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Staunton/ShenandoahSHD

At an airfield/3.9 mi away/1,201 ft/91 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank587of 733

Sawmill Ridge RAWSCROV2

A remote fire weather station/11.9 mi away/2,310 ft/1,200 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank92of 733

ShenandoahS2088

At a soil climate station/31.8 mi away/1,763 ft/653 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Weyers Cave 0.2 ESEVA-AG-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/1,194 ft/84 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Staunton/Shenandoah, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Grottoes. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 AM 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 Staunton/Shenandoah, 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 SHDFIG. A THE SKY OVER STAUNTON/SHENANDOAHSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEStaunton/Shenandoah, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SHDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SHD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

61.3 F with a dew point of 48.7 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Staunton/Shenandoah: temperature 61.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.7, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SHDFIG. B THE AIR AT STAUNTON/SHENANDOAHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.9 FTEMPERATURE 61.3 FDEW POINT 48.7 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLEStaunton/Shenandoah, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SHDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SHD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Staunton/Shenandoah, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SHDFIG. C THE WIND AT STAUNTON/SHENANDOAHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStaunton/Shenandoah, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SHDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SHD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Staunton/Shenandoah, 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 Grottoes

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