Opal, Virginia Weather
Opal, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Opal, Fauquier County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Opal. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Opal is published on the Warrenton Fauquier Airport (KHWY) page, 9 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Opal have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Opal: Culpeper Regional Airport (KCJR) 12 km · Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field (KHEF) 27 km · Stafford Regional Airport (KRMN) 39 km · Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field (KNYG) 45 km · Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD) 47 km
Conditions reported at KHWY describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Opal specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Opal.
About Opal, Virginia
Opal lies in a landscape that remembers its agricultural past, where rolling hills, softened by the ceaseless work of seasons, give way to the clear, bright sky of Piedmont Virginia. It lies 15.5 miles south-west of Linton Hall, VA (from Linton Hall, VA: bearing 232°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south of Warrenton. The land here, a tapestry of emerald pastures and rich, dark earth, breathes with a quiet patience, punctuated by the sturdy lines of farmhouses and the occasional whisper of wind through the dense stands of oak and pine. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast skies, falls in broad, golden swathes, illuminating the dew-kissed fields and lending a gentle luminescence to the very air, a palpable stillness that settles over Opal like a soft cloak. The air itself carries the scent of damp soil and distant woodsmoke, a primal perfume that anchors the senses to this particular corner of Fauquier County. Historically, Opal's story is intertwined with the agrarian spirit of its surroundings, a place where the bounty of the earth has long dictated the rhythm of life. While its origins are humble, a collection of homesteads that grew organically from the fertile ground, Opal has always been a crossroads of sorts, a testament to the enduring connection between people and the land they cultivate. The local economy, though it has seen shifts over time, remains rooted in the enduring strength of agriculture and the quiet industriousness of its residents. One might find the remnants of old barns, their timbers weathered by generations of sun and rain, standing sentinel over fields that continue to yield their harvest, a subtle, enduring beauty in the continuity of these familiar sights.
Live animated radar for Opal and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Opal, Fauquier County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.620955°N, 77.799993°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20187, 22712 |
| Area Code | 571, 703, 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Opal, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Opal, Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Opal includes coordinates 38.620955°N, 77.799993°W, situated in Fauquier County. ZIP code 20187, 22712. Telephone area code: 571, 703, 540. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
