Temperature
67 F at 5 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Raleigh County Memorial Airport, West Virginia
Medium airport in Raleigh County, West Virginia66°
75°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Light breeze 6 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 7 AM (74%).
Now. Raleigh County Memorial Airport is 66° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
5Air quality
91%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7564
86%
16mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
4840
96%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5532
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5936
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6239
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6541
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6543
mostly clear day
66°
75°64°
48°40°
55°32°
59°36°
62°39°
65°41°
65°43°
As of 6:00 AM in Raleigh County Memorial Airport, West Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Index 5, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 28 miles off.
5Good
- Ozone5Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 17, good.
GoodModerate
- 17YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Raleigh County Memorial Airport
0.37 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.37in
- Last 3 days
- 1.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 31%
Visibility
How far you can see at Raleigh County Memorial Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BKW
- ICAO
- KBKW
- IATA
- BKW
- Field elevation
- 2,504 ft
- Serves
- Beaver
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- BKW
- Wind now
- From 240° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 6,750 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 8° / 188° | 4 mph head, on 19 | 6 mph from the right |
| 10 / 28 | 5,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 94° / 274° | 6 mph head, on 28 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Beckley Memorial (BKW), Raleigh County Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 3 AM to 100% at 6 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 84 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the west southwest at 6 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 6 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 7 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 7 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 600 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.36 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.19 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.36in
- Wettest hour
- 0.19in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Beckley Memorial: 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 Raleigh County Memorial 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,513 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Grandview RAWSGRNW2
A remote fire weather station/4.4 mi away/2,490 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Beckley 1.5 SEWV-RL-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/2,400 ft/104 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
V A HospitalBCKW2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/2,362 ft/142 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at V A Hospital (BCKW2), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in West Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Raleigh County Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Stanafordcommunity, 2 mi
- Spraguecommunity, 3 mi
- Beavercommunity, 3 mi
- Piney Viewcommunity, 3 mi
- Raleighcommunity, 3 mi
- Danielscommunity, 3 mi
- Beckleycity, 4 mi
- Mabscotttown, 5 mi
- MacArthurcommunity, 5 mi
- Prosperitycommunity, 5 mi
- Shady Springcommunity, 6 mi
- Princecommunity, 6 mi
Airports near Raleigh County Memorial Airport
- Kee FieldI16, 27 mi
- Mercer County AirportBLF, 34 mi
- Greenbrier Valley AirportLWB, 40 mi
- Logan County Airport6L4, 43 mi
- Yeager AirportCRW, 48 mi
- Braxton County Airport48I, 67 mi
- Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson FieldHTS, 88 mi
- Upshur County Regional AirportW22, 96 mi