Temperature
70 F at 3 AM; 77 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 77F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Braxton County Airport
Braxton County Airport, West Virginia
Small airport in Braxton County, West Virginia64°
76°/67°
Light rain·
Feels like 64°·Light air 2 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM, the chance peaking at 68% around 4 PM.
Now. Braxton County Airport is 64° and light rain at 4 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (68%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
100%Humidity
76%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
64feels64
12%
Today
Oct 16
7667
92%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5141
68%
Sun
Oct 18
5833
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6336
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6339
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6741
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6742
mostly clear day
64°
76°67°
51°41°
58°33°
63°36°
63°39°
67°41°
67°42°
As of 4:00 AM in Braxton County Airport, West Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Braxton County Airport
Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 54 miles off.
6Good
- Ozone6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 17, good.
GoodModerate
- 17YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Braxton County Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 1.60in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 7%
Visibility
How far you can see at Braxton County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 48I
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,276 ft
- Serves
- Sutton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 48I
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,995 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 10° / 190° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sutton (48I), Braxton County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 70 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 84 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 3mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.94 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.94inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.15inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.8 miles at 10 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 4 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 4 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sutton: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Braxton County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Sutton48I
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,270 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Flatwoods RAWSFLRW2
A remote fire weather station/0.3 mi away/1,280 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
LakeSUTW2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/965 ft/311 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sutton 5.9 SSEWV-BX-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/1,780 ft/504 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in West Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Braxton County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Flatwoodstown, 2 mi
- Suttontown, 3 mi
- Gassawaytown, 7 mi
- Burnsvilletown, 12 mi
- Birch Rivercommunity, 14 mi
- Sand Forktown, 17 mi
- Tiogacommunity, 18 mi
- Addison (Webster Springs)town, 20 mi
- Cowentown, 20 mi
- Glenvilletown, 20 mi
- Rock Cavecommunity, 20 mi
- Parcoalcommunity, 22 mi
Airports near Braxton County Airport
- Upshur County Regional AirportW22, 30 mi
- Elkins-Randolph County Regional AirportEKN, 45 mi
- North Central West Virginia AirportCKB, 48 mi
- Yeager AirportCRW, 55 mi
- Greenbrier Valley AirportLWB, 59 mi
- Mid Ohio Valley Regional AirportPKB, 62 mi
- Raleigh County Memorial AirportBKW, 67 mi
- Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart FieldMGW, 77 mi