Storm Station
Ridgeway, Virginia
56° 78°/56°
Clear· Feels like 56°·Light breeze 4 mph NW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
38Air quality
63%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
56feels56
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
7856
12mph
UV 6
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7757
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8260
UV 6
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
8657
UV 6
partly cloudy day
Thu
Oct 1
8860
UV 6
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 2
9162
15%
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7252
23%
overcast
56°
78°56°
77°57°
82°60°
86°57°
88°60°
91°62°
72°52°

As of 3:00 AM in Ridgeway, Virginia.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ridgeway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MartinsvilleMTV

At an airfield/9.3 mi away/942 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank578of 731

Reynolds Homestead ScanREYV2

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.8 mi away/1,127 ft/189 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank302of 731

Reynolds HomesteadS2089

At a soil climate station/15.8 mi away/1,127 ft/189 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Ridgeway 0.9 ENEVA-HN-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/967 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Filter PlantMARV2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/781 ft/157 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Martinsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Ridgeway. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 9,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Martinsville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 9,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTVFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARTINSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 9,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMartinsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MTV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 47.3 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Martinsville: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.3, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTVFIG. B THE AIR AT MARTINSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 9,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 47.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEMartinsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MTV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Martinsville, 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 MTVFIG. C THE WIND AT MARTINSVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMartinsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MTV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Filter Plant (MARV2), 8.9 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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Near Ridgeway

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